said Marilla , with an indifferent glance at the star . `` In bed . I 've promised to take him and Dora to the shore for a picnic tomorrow . Of course , the original agreement was that he must be good . But he TRIED to be good ... and I had n't the heart to disappoint him . '' `` You 'll drown yourself or the twins , rowing about the pond in that flat , '' grumbled Marilla . `` I 've lived here for sixty years and I 've never been on the pond yet . '' `` Well , it 's never too late to mend , '' said Anne roguishly . `` Suppose you come with us tomorrow . We 'll shut Green Gables up and spend the whole day at the shore , daffing the world aside . '' `` No , thank you , '' said Marilla , with indignant emphasis . `` I 'd be a nice sight , would n't I , rowing down the pond in a flat ? I think I hear Rachel pronouncing on it . There 's Mr. Harrison driving away somewhere . Do you suppose there is any truth in the gossip that Mr. Harrison is going to see Isabella Andrews ? '' `` No , I 'm sure there is n't . He just called there one evening on business with Mr. Harmon Andrews and Mrs. Lynde saw him and said she knew he was courting because he had a white collar on . I do n't believe Mr. Harrison will ever marry . He seems to have a prejudice against marriage . '' `` Well , you can never tell about those old bachelors .
And if he had a white collar XXXXX I 'd agree with Rachel that it looks suspicious , for I 'm sure he never was seen with one before . ''
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