The appearance of the house amazed me . All the shutters were closed and the door locked . I knocked and knocked , but there was no answer . Then I walked around the house to the only window that had n't shutters -- a tiny one upstairs . I knew it was the window in the closet off the room where the girls slept . I stopped under it and called Prissy . Before long Prissy came and opened it . She was so pale and woe-begone looking that I pitied her with all my heart . `` Prissy , where has Emmeline gone ? '' I asked . `` Down to Avonlea to see the Roger Pyes . They 're sick with measles , and Emmeline could n't take me because I 've never had measles . '' Poor Prissy ! She had never had anything a body ought to have . `` Then you just come and unfasten a shutter , and come right over to my house , '' I said exultantly . `` We 'll have Stephen and the minister here in no time . '' `` I ca n't -- Em ` line has locked me in here , '' said Prissy woefully . I was posed . No living mortal bigger than a baby could have got in or out of that closet window . `` Well , '' I said finally , `` I 'll put the signal up for Stephen anyhow , and we 'll see what can be done when he gets here . ''
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