A fool for luck , as the old proverb says . '' `` He wrote very nicely about Jims and said he 'd like to see him , '' said Rilla . `` So I wrote and told him all about the wee man , and sent him snapshots . Jims will be two years old next week and he is a perfect duck . '' `` You did n't used to be very fond of babies , '' said Cousin Sophia . `` I 'm not a bit fonder of babies in the abstract than ever I was , '' said Rilla , frankly . `` But I do love Jims , and I 'm afraid I was n't really half as glad as I should have been when Jim Anderson 's letter proved that he was safe and sound . '' `` You was n't hoping the man would be killed ! '' cried Cousin Sophia in horrified accents . `` No -- no -- no ! I just hoped he would go on forgetting about Jims , Mrs. Crawford . '' `` And then your pa would have the expense of raising him , '' said Cousin Sophia reprovingly . `` You young creeturs are terrible thoughtless . '' Jims himself ran in at this juncture , so rosy and curly and kissable , that he extorted a qualified compliment even from Cousin Sophia . `` He 's a reel healthy-looking child now , though mebbee his colour is a mite too high -- sorter consumptive looking , as you might say . I never thought you 'd raise him when I saw him the day after you brung him home . I reely did not think it was in you and I told Albert 's wife so when I got home . Albert 's wife says , says she , ` There 's more in Rilla Blythe than you 'd think for , Aunt Sophia . ' Them was her very words . ` More in Rilla Blythe than you 'd think for . '
Albert 's wife always had a good opinion XXXXX you . ''
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