Anne will be the very girl for you . I call it positively providential . '' Marilla did not look as if she thought Providence had much to do with the matter . Here was an unexpectedly good chance to get this unwelcome orphan off her hands , and she did not even feel grateful for it . She knew Mrs. Peter Blewett only by sight as a small , shrewish-faced woman without an ounce of superfluous flesh on her bones . But she had heard of her . `` A terrible worker and driver , '' Mrs. Peter was said to be ; and discharged servant girls told fearsome tales of her temper and stinginess , and her family of pert , quarrelsome children . Marilla felt a qualm of conscience at the thought of handing Anne over to her tender mercies . `` Well , I 'll go in and we 'll talk the matter over , '' she said . `` And if there is n't Mrs. Peter coming up the lane this blessed minute ! '' exclaimed Mrs. Spencer , bustling her guests through the hall into the parlor , where a deadly chill struck on them as if the air had been strained so long through dark green , closely drawn blinds that it had lost every particle of warmth it had ever possessed . `` That is real lucky , for we can settle the matter right away . Take the armchair , Miss Cuthbert . Anne , you sit here on the ottoman and do n't wiggle . Let me take your hats . Flora Jane , go out and put the kettle on . Good afternoon , Mrs. Blewett . We were just saying how fortunate it was you happened along . Let me introduce you two ladies . Mrs. Blewett , Miss Cuthbert .
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