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 to amuse you when I 'm away in school . '' `` I do n't reckon there 'd be much amusement in it ... more worry and bother than anything else , I should say . It would n't be so risky if they were even as old as you were when I took you . I would n't mind Dora so much ... she seems good and quiet . But that Davy is a limb . '' Anne was fond of children and her heart yearned over the Keith twins . The remembrance of her own neglected childhood was very vivid with her still . She knew that Marilla 's only vulnerable point was her stern devotion to what she believed to be her duty , and Anne skillfully marshalled her arguments along this line . `` If Davy is naughty it 's all the more reason why he should have good training , is n't it , Marilla ? If we do n't take them we do n't know who will , nor what kind of influences may surround them . Suppose Mrs. Keith 's next door neighbors , the Sprotts , were to take them . Mrs. Lynde says Henry Sprott is the most profane man that ever lived and you ca n't believe a word his children say . Would n't it be dreadful to have the twins learn anything like that ? Or suppose they went to the Wiggins ' . Mrs. Lynde says that Mr. Wiggins sells everything off the place that can be sold and brings his family up on skim milk .
You would n't like your relations XXXXX be starved , even if they were only third cousins , would you ?
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