Never a word since last May . '' `` I 'll be afraid to hear from him , '' sighed Anne , beginning to clear away the dishes . `` If a letter should come I 'd dread opening it , for fear it would tell us to send the twins to him . '' A month later a letter did come . But it was not from Richard Keith . A friend of his wrote to say that Richard Keith had died of consumption a fortnight previously . The writer of the letter was the executor of his will and by that will the sum of two thousand dollars was left to Miss Marilla Cuthbert in trust for David and Dora Keith until they came of age or married . In the meantime the interest was to be used for their maintenance . `` It seems dreadful to be glad of anything in connection with a death , '' said Anne soberly . `` I 'm sorry for poor Mr. Keith ; but I AM glad that we can keep the twins . '' `` It 's a very good thing about the money , '' said Marilla practically . `` I wanted to keep them but I really did n't see how I could afford to do it , especially when they grew older . The rent of the farm does n't do any more than keep the house and I was bound that not a cent of your money should be spent on them . You do far too much for them as it is . Dora did n't need that new hat you bought her any more than a cat needs two tails . But now the way is made clear and they are provided for . '' Davy and Dora were delighted when they heard that they were to live at Green Gables , `` for good . '' The death of an uncle whom they had never seen could not weigh a moment in the balance against that . But Dora had one misgiving . `` Was Uncle Richard buried ? ''
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