`` Avonlea is the dearest place in the world , but it is n't quite romantic enough for the scene of a story . '' `` I daresay there 's been many a romance in Avonlea -- and many a tragedy , too , '' said Mr. Harrison drily . `` But your folks ai n't like real folks anywhere . They talk too much and use too high-flown language . There 's one place where that DALRYMPLE chap talks even on for two pages , and never lets the girl get a word in edgewise . If he 'd done that in real life she 'd have pitched him . '' `` I do n't believe it , '' said Anne flatly . In her secret soul she thought that the beautiful , poetical things said to AVERIL would win any girl 's heart completely . Besides , it was gruesome to hear of AVERIL , the stately , queen-like AVERIL , `` pitching '' any one . AVERIL `` declined her suitors . '' `` Anyhow , '' resumed the merciless Mr. Harrison , `` I do n't see why MAURICE LENNOX did n't get her . He was twice the man the other is . He did bad things , but he did them . Perceval had n't time for anything but mooning . '' `` Mooning . '' That was even worse than `` pitching ! '' `` MAURICE LENNOX was the villain , '' said Anne indignantly . `` I do n't see why every one likes him better than PERCEVAL . '' `` Perceval is too good . He 's aggravating .
Next time you write about a hero put a little spice of human nature XXXXX him . ''
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