But do you suppose I was going to walk into church beside a perambulating haystack like that ? '' `` I am sure we are very glad -- and we wish you all possible happiness , '' said Anne , very flatly and inadequately , as she felt . She was not prepared for such an occasion . She had never imagined herself offering betrothal felicitations to Miss Cornelia . `` Thanks , I knew you would , '' said Miss Cornelia . `` You are the first of my friends to know it . '' `` We shall be so sorry to lose you , though , dear Miss Cornelia , '' said Anne , beginning to be a little sad and sentimental . `` Oh , you wo n't lose me , '' said Miss Cornelia unsentimentally . `` You do n't suppose I would live over harbor with all those MacAllisters and Elliotts and Crawfords , do you ? ` From the conceit of the Elliotts , the pride of the MacAllisters and the vain-glory of the Crawfords , good Lord deliver us . ' Marshall is coming to live at my place . I 'm sick and tired of hired men . That Jim Hastings I 've got this summer is positively the worst of the species . He would drive anyone to getting married . What do you think ? He upset the churn yesterday and spilled a big churning of cream over the yard . And not one whit concerned about it was he ! Just gave a foolish laugh and said cream was good for the land . Was n't that like a man ? I told him I was n't in the habit of fertilising my back yard with cream . ''
`` Well , I wish you all manner of happiness too , Miss Cornelia , '' said Gilbert , solemnly ; `` but , '' he added , unable to resist the temptation XXXXX tease Miss Cornelia , despite Anne 's imploring eyes , `` I fear your day of independence is done .
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