Mr. Elisha Wright , who labored under the impression that he was a local wit , used to say that nobody in Avonlea ever thought of looking in the Charlottetown dailies for weather probabilities . No ; they just asked Uncle Abe what it was going to be tomorrow and expected the opposite . Nothing daunted , Uncle Abe kept on prophesying . `` We want to have the fair over before the election comes off , '' continued Mrs. Lynde , `` for the candidates will be sure to come and spend lots of money . The Tories are bribing right and left , so they might as well be given a chance to spend their money honestly for once . '' Anne was a red-hot Conservative , out of loyalty to Matthew 's memory , but she said nothing . She knew better than to get Mrs. Lynde started on politics . She had a letter for Marilla , postmarked from a town in British Columbia . `` It 's probably from the children 's uncle , '' she said excitedly , when she got home . `` Oh , Marilla , I wonder what he says about them . '' `` The best plan might be to open it and see , '' said Marilla curtly . A close observer might have thought that she was excited also , but she would rather have died than show it . Anne tore open the letter and glanced over the somewhat untidy and poorly written contents . `` He says he ca n't take the children this spring ... he 's been sick most of the winter and his wedding is put off . He wants to know if we can keep them till the fall and he 'll try and take them then . We will , of course , wo n't we Marilla ? '' `` I do n't see that there is anything else for us to do , '' said Marilla rather grimly , although she felt a secret relief . `` Anyhow they 're not so much trouble as they were ... or else we 've got used to them . Davy has improved a great deal . '' `` His MANNERS are certainly much better , '' said Anne cautiously , as if she were not prepared to say as much for his morals .
Anne had come home from school the previous evening , to find Marilla away at an Aid meeting , Dora asleep on the kitchen sofa , and Davy in the sitting room closet , blissfully absorbing the contents of a jar XXXXX Marilla 's famous yellow plum preserves ... `` company jam , '' Davy called it ... which he had been forbidden to touch .
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