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 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 XXXXX her own neglected childhood was very vivid with her still .
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