`` Why , Susan , what is the matter ? '' asked Gilbert . `` There 's nothing wrong with little Jem , is there , Susan ? '' cried Anne , starting up in alarm . `` No , no , calm yourself , Mrs. Doctor , dear . Something has happened , though . Dear me , everything has gone catawampus with me this week . I spoiled the bread , as you know too well -- and I scorched the doctor 's best shirt bosom -- and I broke your big platter . And now , on the top of all this , comes word that my sister Matilda has broken her leg and wants me to go and stay with her for a spell . '' `` Oh , I 'm very sorry -- sorry that your sister has met with such an accident , I mean , '' exclaimed Anne . `` Ah , well , man was made to mourn , Mrs. Doctor , dear . That sounds as if it ought to be in the Bible , but they tell me a person named Burns wrote it . And there is no doubt that we are born to trouble as the sparks fly upward . As for Matilda , I do not know what to think of her . None of our family ever broke their legs before . But whatever she has done she is still my sister , and I feel that it is my duty to go and wait on her , if you can spare me for a few weeks , Mrs. Doctor , dear . '' `` Of course , Susan , of course . I can get someone to help me while you are gone . '' `` If you can not I will not go , Mrs. Doctor , dear , Matilda 's leg to the contrary notwithstanding . I will not have you worried , and that blessed child upset in consequence , for any number of legs . ''
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