It 's about Mary and those children ... Mary is worse ... she ca n't last much longer . And as for the twins , I do n't know what is to become of them . '' `` Has n't their uncle been heard from ? '' `` Yes , Mary had a letter from him . He 's working in a lumber camp and ` shacking it , ' whatever that means . Anyway , he says he ca n't possibly take the children till the spring . He expects to be married then and will have a home to take them to ; but he says she must get some of the neighbors to keep them for the winter . She says she ca n't bear to ask any of them . Mary never got on any too well with the East Grafton people and that 's a fact . And the long and short of it is , Anne , that I 'm sure Mary wants me to take those children ... she did n't say so but she LOOKED it . '' `` Oh ! '' Anne clasped her hands , all athrill with excitement . `` And of course you will , Marilla , wo n't you ? '' `` I have n't made up my mind , '' said Marilla rather tartly . `` I do n't rush into things in your headlong way , Anne . Third cousinship is a pretty slim claim . And it will be a fearful responsibility to have two children of six years to look after ... twins , at that . '' Marilla had an idea that twins were just twice as bad as single children . `` Twins are very interesting ... at least one pair of them , '' said Anne . `` It 's only when there are two or three pairs that it gets monotonous .
And I think it would be real nice for you to have something XXXXX amuse you when I 'm away in school . ''
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