XIV A Danger Averted Anne , walking home from the post office one Friday evening , was joined by Mrs. Lynde , who was as usual cumbered with all the cares of church and state . `` I 've just been down to Timothy Cotton 's to see if I could get Alice Louise to help me for a few days , '' she said . `` I had her last week , for , though she 's too slow to stop quick , she 's better than nobody . But she 's sick and ca n't come . Timothy 's sitting there , too , coughing and complaining . He 's been dying for ten years and he 'll go on dying for ten years more . That kind ca n't even die and have done with it ... they ca n't stick to anything , even to being sick , long enough to finish it . They 're a terrible shiftless family and what is to become of them I do n't know , but perhaps Providence does . '' Mrs. Lynde sighed as if she rather doubted the extent of Providential knowledge on the subject . `` Marilla was in about her eyes again Tuesday , was n't she ? What did the specialist think of them ? '' she continued . `` He was much pleased , '' said Anne brightly . `` He says there is a great improvement in them and he thinks the danger of her losing her sight completely is past . But he says she 'll never be able to read much or do any fine hand-work again . How are your preparations for your bazaar coming on ? '' The Ladies ' Aid Society was preparing for a fair and supper , and Mrs. Lynde was the head and front of the enterprise . `` Pretty well ... and that reminds me . Mrs. Allan thinks it would be nice to fix up a booth like an old-time kitchen and serve a supper of baked beans , doughnuts , pie , and so on . We 're collecting old-fashioned fixings everywhere .
Mrs. Simon Fletcher is going to lend us her mother 's braided rugs and Mrs. Levi Boulter some old chairs and Aunt Mary Shaw will lend us her cupboard XXXXX the glass doors .
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