I never was much of a talker till I came to Avonlea and then I had to begin in self-defense or Mrs. Lynde would have said I was dumb and started a subscription to have me taught sign language . You 're not going yet , Anne ? '' `` I must . I have some sewing to do for Dora this evening . Besides , Davy is probably breaking Marilla 's heart with some new mischief by this time . This morning the first thing he said was , ` Where does the dark go , Anne ? I want to know . ' I told him it went around to the other side of the world but after breakfast he declared it did n't ... that it went down the well . Marilla says she caught him hanging over the well-box four times today , trying to reach down to the dark . '' `` He 's a limb , '' declared Mr. Harrison . `` He came over here yesterday and pulled six feathers out of Ginger 's tail before I could get in from the barn . The poor bird has been moping ever since . Those children must be a sight of trouble to you folks . '' `` Everything that 's worth having is some trouble , '' said Anne , secretly resolving to forgive Davy 's next offence , whatever it might be , since he had avenged her on Ginger . Mr. Roger Pye brought the hall paint home that night and Mr. Joshua Pye , a surly , taciturn man , began painting the next day . He was not disturbed in his task . The hall was situated on what was called `` the lower road . '' In late autumn this road was always muddy and wet , and people going to Carmody traveled by the longer `` upper '' road . The hall was so closely surrounded by fir woods that it was invisible unless you were near it . Mr. Joshua Pye painted away in the solitude and independence that were so dear to his unsociable heart .
Friday afternoon he finished his job and went home XXXXX Carmody .
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