She has been very lonesome since her husband died . '' `` Oh , the boy may be well enough , but he 'll be different from Avonlea children , '' said Mrs. Rachel , as if that clinched the matter . Mrs. Rachel 's opinions concerning any person , place , or thing , were always warranted to wear . `` What 's this I hear about your going to start up a Village Improvement Society , Anne ? '' `` I was just talking it over with some of the girls and boys at the last Debating Club , '' said Anne , flushing . `` They thought it would be rather nice ... and so do Mr. and Mrs. Allan . Lots of villages have them now . '' `` Well , you 'll get into no end of hot water if you do . Better leave it alone , Anne , that 's what . People do n't like being improved . '' `` Oh , we are not going to try to improve the PEOPLE . It is Avonlea itself . There are lots of things which might be done to make it prettier . For instance , if we could coax Mr. Levi Boulter to pull down that dreadful old house on his upper farm would n't that be an improvement ? '' `` It certainly would , '' admitted Mrs. Rachel . `` That old ruin has been an eyesore to the settlement for years . But if you Improvers can coax Levi Boulter to do anything for the public that he is n't to be paid for doing , may I be there to see and hear the process , that 's what . I do n't want to discourage you , Anne , for there may be something in your idea , though I suppose you did get it out of some rubbishy Yankee magazine ; but you 'll have your hands full with your school and I advise you as a friend not to bother with your improvements , that 's what . But there , I know you 'll go ahead with it if you 've set your mind on it . You were always one to carry a thing through somehow . ''
Something about the firm outlines of Anne 's lips told XXXXX Mrs. Rachel was not far astray in this estimate .
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