`` You talk as if I wanted Max . '' `` So you do , '' said Aunt Cynthia . `` If so , why should I have refused him time and again ? '' I asked , smilingly . Right well Aunt Cynthia knew I had . Max always told her . `` Goodness alone knows why , '' said Aunt Cynthia , `` but you may do it once too often and find yourself taken at your word . There is something very fascinating about this Anne Shirley . '' `` Indeed there is , '' I assented . `` She has the loveliest eyes I ever saw . She would be just the wife for Max , and I hope he will marry her . '' `` Humph , '' said Aunt Cynthia . `` Well , I wo n't entice you into telling any more fibs . And I did n't drive out here to-day in all this wind to talk sense into you concerning Max . I 'm going to Halifax for two months and I want you to take charge of Fatima for me , while I am away . '' `` Fatima ! '' I exclaimed . `` Yes . I do n't dare to trust her with the servants . Mind you always warm her milk before you give it to her , and do n't on any account let her run out of doors . ''
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