Warren heard them himself at the barn , and went straight to the bush to investigate , and there he found all the manse children sitting on a fallen tree and screaming ` murder ' at the top of their lungs . They told him they were only in fun and did n't think anyone would hear them . They were just playing Indian ambush . Warren went back to the house and found his poor mother unconscious on the veranda . '' Susan , who had returned , sniffed contemptuously . `` I think she was very far from being unconscious , Mrs. Marshall Elliott , and that you may tie to . I have been hearing of Amelia Warren 's weak heart for forty years . She had it when she was twenty . She enjoys making a fuss and having the doctor , and any excuse will do . '' `` I do n't think Gilbert thought her attack very serious , '' said Anne . `` Oh , that may very well be , '' said Miss Cornelia . `` But the matter has made an awful lot of talk and the Meads being Methodists makes it that much worse . What is going to become of those children ? Sometimes I ca n't sleep at nights for thinking about them , Anne dearie . I really do question if they get enough to eat , even , for their father is so lost in dreams that he does n't often remember he has a stomach , and that lazy old woman does n't bother cooking what she ought . They are just running wild and now that school is closing they 'll be worse than ever . '' `` They do have jolly times , '' said Anne , laughing over the recollections of some Rainbow Valley happenings that had come to her ears . `` And they are all brave and frank and loyal and truthful . '' `` That 's a true word , Anne dearie , and when you come to think of all the trouble in the church those two tattling , deceitful youngsters of the last minister 's made , I 'm inclined to overlook a good deal in the Merediths . '' `` When all is said and done , Mrs. Dr. dear , they are very nice children , '' said Susan .
`` They have got plenty of original sin in them and XXXXX I will admit , but maybe it is just as well , for if they had not they might spoil from over-sweetness .
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