And I must tell Diana tonight , for she 'll want to do up hers . Mrs. Morgan 's heroines are nearly always dressed in white muslin , and Diana and I have always resolved that that was what we would wear if we ever met her . It will be such a delicate compliment , do n't you think ? Davy , dear , you must n't poke peapods into the cracks of the floor . I must ask Mr. and Mrs. Allan and Miss Stacy to dinner , too , for they 're all very anxious to meet Mrs. Morgan . It 's so fortunate she 's coming while Miss Stacy is here . Davy dear , do n't sail the peapods in the water bucket ... go out to the trough . Oh , I do hope it will be fine Thursday , and I think it will , for Uncle Abe said last night when he called at Mr. Harrison 's , that it was going to rain most of this week . '' `` That 's a good sign , '' agreed Marilla . Anne ran across to Orchard Slope that evening to tell the news to Diana , who was also very much excited over it , and they discussed the matter in the hammock swung under the big willow in the Barry garden . `` Oh , Anne , may n't I help you cook the dinner ? '' implored Diana . `` You know I can make splendid lettuce salad . '' `` Indeed you , may '' said Anne unselfishly . `` And I shall want you to help me decorate too . I mean to have the parlor simply a BOWER of blossoms ... and the dining table is to be adorned with wild roses . Oh , I do hope everything will go smoothly . Mrs. Morgan 's heroines NEVER get into scrapes or are taken at a disadvantage , and they are always so selfpossessed and such good housekeepers . They seem to be BORN good housekeepers . You remember that Gertrude in ` Edgewood Days ' kept house for her father when she was only eight years old .
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