she said sweetly . `` I am so glad to see you again , dear . '' She put up her pretty old face to be kissed . `` And this is our new teacher . I 'm delighted to meet you . My son has been singing your praises until I 'm half jealous , and I 'm sure Janet ought to be wholly so . '' Poor Janet blushed , Anne said something polite and conventional , and then everybody sat down and made talk . It was hard work , even for Anne , for nobody seemed at ease except old Mrs. Douglas , who certainly did not find any difficulty in talking . She made Janet sit by her and stroked her hand occasionally . Janet sat and smiled , looking horribly uncomfortable in her hideous dress , and John Douglas sat without smiling . At the tea table Mrs. Douglas gracefully asked Janet to pour the tea . Janet turned redder than ever but did it . Anne wrote a description of that meal to Stella . `` We had cold tongue and chicken and strawberry preserves , lemon pie and tarts and chocolate cake and raisin cookies and pound cake and fruit cake -- and a few other things , including more pie -- caramel pie , I think it was . After I had eaten twice as much as was good for me , Mrs. Douglas sighed and said she feared she had nothing to tempt my appetite . '' ` I 'm afraid dear Janet 's cooking has spoiled you for any other , ' she said sweetly . ` Of course nobody in Valley Road aspires to rival HER . WO N'T you have another piece of pie , Miss Shirley ? You have n't eaten ANYTHING . ' `` Stella , I had eaten a helping of tongue and one of chicken , three biscuits , a generous allowance of preserves , a piece of pie , a tart , and a square of chocolate cake ! ''
After tea Mrs. Douglas smiled benevolently and told John XXXXX take `` dear Janet '' out into the garden and get her some roses .
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