` The many friends of Miss Faith Meredith , Gerald Meredith and James Blythe , ' '' read Susan , rolling the names like sweet morsels under her tongue , '' ` were very much pleased to welcome them home a few weeks ago from Redmond College . James Blythe , who was graduated in Arts in 1913 , had just completed his first year in medicine . ' '' `` Faith Meredith has really got to be the most handsomest creature I ever saw , '' commented Miss Cornelia above her filet crochet . `` It 's amazing how those children came on after Rosemary West went to the manse . People have almost forgotten what imps of mischief they were once . Anne , dearie , will you ever forget the way they used to carry on ? It 's really surprising how well Rosemary got on with them . She 's more like a chum than a step-mother . They all love her and Una adores her . As for that little Bruce , Una just makes a perfect slave of herself to him . Of course , he is a darling . But did you ever see any child look as much like an aunt as he looks like his Aunt Ellen ? He 's just as dark and just as emphatic . I ca n't see a feature of Rosemary in him . Norman Douglas always vows at the top of his voice that the stork meant Bruce for him and Ellen and took him to the manse by mistake . '' `` Bruce adores Jem , '' said Mrs Blythe . `` When he comes over here he follows Jem about silently like a faithful little dog , looking up at him from under his black brows . He would do anything for Jem , I verily believe . '' `` Are Jem and Faith going to make a match of it ? '' Mrs. Blythe smiled .
It was well known XXXXX Miss Cornelia , who had been such a virulent man-hater at one time , had actually taken to match-making in her declining years .
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