`` Did I say we would take her ? '' I demanded , crossly . `` Aunt Cynthia took our consent for granted . And you know , as well as I do , we could n't have refused . So what is the use of being grouchy ? '' `` If anything happens to her Aunt Cynthia will hold us responsible , '' said Ismay darkly . `` Do you think Anne Shirley is really engaged to Gilbert Blythe ? '' I asked curiously . `` I 've heard that she was , '' said Ismay , absently . `` Does she eat anything but milk ? Will it do to give her mice ? '' `` Oh , I guess so . But do you think Max has really fallen in love with her ? '' `` I dare say . What a relief it will be for you if he has . '' `` Oh , of course , '' I said , frostily . `` Anne Shirley or Anne Anybody Else , is perfectly welcome to Max if she wants him . I certainly do not . Ismay Meade , if that stove does n't stop smoking I shall fly into bits . This is a detestable day .
I hate XXXXX creature ! ''
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