But I 'll never forgive him for what he done to Leslie . There 's that poor child eating her heart out about him -- as if she had n't had trouble enough -- and him ranting round Toronto , I 've no doubt , enjoying himself same as ever . Just like a man . '' `` Oh , Miss Cornelia , how did you find out ? '' `` Lord , Anne , dearie , I 've got eyes , have n't I ? And I 've known Leslie since she was a baby . There 's been a new kind of heartbreak in her eyes all the fall , and I know that writer-man was behind it somehow . I 'll never forgive myself for being the means of bringing him here . But I never expected he 'd be like he was . I thought he 'd just be like the other men Leslie had boarded -- conceited young asses , every one of them , that she never had any use for . One of them did try to flirt with her once and she froze him out -- so bad , I feel sure he 's never got himself thawed since . So I never thought of any danger . '' `` Do n't let Leslie suspect you know her secret , '' said Anne hurriedly . `` I think it would hurt her . '' `` Trust me , Anne , dearie . I was n't born yesterday . Oh , a plague on all the men ! One of them ruined Leslie 's life to begin with , and now another of the tribe comes and makes her still more wretched . Anne , this world is an awful place , believe me . '' `` There 's something in the world amiss Will be unriddled by and by , '' quoted Anne dreamily .
`` If it is , it 'll be XXXXX a world where there are n't any men , '' said Miss Cornelia gloomily .
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