`` That might be fitly called a CAT-astrophe , '' said Gilbert . `` Oh , you may laugh , doctor , dear , but it would be no laughing matter . '' `` Cats never suck babies ' breaths , '' said Gilbert . `` That is only an old superstition , Susan . '' `` Oh , well , it may be a superstition or it may not , doctor , dear . All that I know is , it has happened . My sister 's husband 's nephew 's wife 's cat sucked their baby 's breath , and the poor innocent was all but gone when they found it . And superstition or not , if I find that yellow beast lurking near our baby I will whack him with the poker , Mrs. Doctor , dear . '' Mr. and Mrs. Marshall Elliott were living comfortably and harmoniously in the green house . Leslie was busy with sewing , for she and Owen were to be married at Christmas . Anne wondered what she would do when Leslie was gone . `` Changes come all the time . Just as soon as things get really nice they change , '' she said with a sigh . `` The old Morgan place up at the Glen is for sale , '' said Gilbert , apropos of nothing in especial . `` Is it ? '' asked Anne indifferently . `` Yes . Now that Mr. Morgan has gone , Mrs. Morgan wants to go to live with her children in Vancouver . She will sell cheaply , for a big place like that in a small village like the Glen will not be very easy to dispose of . '' `` Well , it 's certainly a beautiful place , so it is likely she will find a purchaser , '' said Anne , absently , wondering whether she should hemstitch or feather-stitch little Jem 's `` short '' dresses .
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