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 to be starved , even if they were only third cousins , would you ? It seems to me , Marilla , that it is our duty to take them . '' `` I suppose it is , '' assented Marilla gloomily . `` I daresay I 'll tell Mary I 'll take them . You need n't look so delighted , Anne . It will mean a good deal of extra work for you . I ca n't sew a stitch on account of my eyes , so you 'll have to see to the making and mending of their clothes . And you do n't like sewing . '' `` I hate it , '' said Anne calmly , `` but if you are willing to take those children from a sense of duty surely I can do their sewing from a sense of duty .
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