`` I like people to have a little nonsense about them . But I 'm inclined to have a better opinion of Miss Carson than you have . I saw her in prayer-meeting last night , and she has a pair of eyes that ca n't always look sensible . Now , Davy-boy , take heart of grace . ` Tomorrow will bring another day ' and I 'll help you with the sums as far as in me lies . Do n't waste this lovely hour ` twixt light and dark worrying over arithmetic . '' `` Well , I wo n't , '' said Davy , brightening up . `` If you help me with the sums I 'll have 'em done in time to go fishing with Milty . I wish old Aunt Atossa 's funeral was tomorrow instead of today . I wanted to go to it 'cause Milty said his mother said Aunt Atossa would be sure to rise up in her coffin and say sarcastic things to the folks that come to see her buried . But Marilla said she did n't . '' `` Poor Atossa laid in her coffin peaceful enough , '' said Mrs. Lynde solemnly . `` I never saw her look so pleasant before , that 's what . Well , there were n't many tears shed over her , poor old soul . The Elisha Wrights are thankful to be rid of her , and I ca n't say I blame them a mite . '' `` It seems to me a most dreadful thing to go out of the world and not leave one person behind you who is sorry you are gone , '' said Anne , shuddering . `` Nobody except her parents ever loved poor Atossa , that 's certain , not even her husband , '' averred Mrs. Lynde . `` She was his fourth wife . He 'd sort of got into the habit of marrying . He only lived a few years after he married her .
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