It 's really delightful to feel worried because butter has gone up five cents a pound . '' `` Has it ? '' demanded Stella , who kept the household accounts . `` It has -- and here 's your butter . I 'm getting quite expert at marketing . It 's better fun than flirting , '' concluded Phil gravely . `` Everything is going up scandalously , '' sighed Stella . `` Never mind . Thank goodness air and salvation are still free , '' said Aunt Jamesina . `` And so is laughter , '' added Anne . `` There 's no tax on it yet and that is well , because you 're all going to laugh presently . I 'm going to read you Davy 's letter . His spelling has improved immensely this past year , though he is not strong on apostrophes , and he certainly possesses the gift of writing an interesting letter . Listen and laugh , before we settle down to the evening 's study-grind . '' `` Dear Anne , '' ran Davy 's letter , `` I take my pen to tell you that we are all pretty well and hope this will find you the same . It 's snowing some today and Marilla says the old woman in the sky is shaking her feather beds . Is the old woman in the sky God 's wife , Anne ? I want to know . `` Mrs. Lynde has been real sick but she is better now . She fell down the cellar stairs last week .
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