I would n't mind taking my share of wallopings but I 've had a darn sight too many . '' `` It is n't right to say that word , Mary , '' said Una reproachfully . `` You promised me you would n't say it . '' `` G'way , '' responded Mary . `` If you knew some of the words I COULD say if I liked you would n't make such a fuss over darn . And you know very well I hai n't ever told any lies since I come here . '' `` What about all those ghosts you said you saw ? '' asked Faith . Mary blushed . `` That was diff ` runt , '' she said defiantly . `` I knew you would n't believe them yarns and I did n't intend you to . And I really did see something queer one night when I was passing the over-harbour graveyard , true 's you live . I dunno whether 't was a ghost or Sandy Crawford 's old white nag , but it looked blamed queer and I tell you I scooted at the rate of no man 's business . '' CHAPTER VII . A FISHY EPISODE Rilla Blythe walked proudly , and perhaps a little primly , through the main `` street '' of the Glen and up the manse hill , carefully carrying a small basketful of early strawberries , which Susan had coaxed into lusciousness in one of the sunny nooks of Ingleside . Susan had charged Rilla to give the basket to nobody except Aunt Martha or Mr. Meredith , and Rilla , very proud of being entrusted with such an errand , was resolved to carry out her instructions to the letter . Susan had dressed her daintily in a white , starched , and embroidered dress , with sash of blue and beaded slippers . Her long ruddy curls were sleek and round , and Susan had let her put on her best hat , out of compliment to the manse . It was a somewhat elaborate affair , wherein Susan 's taste had had more to say than Anne 's , and Rilla 's small soul gloried in its splendours of silk and lace and flowers . She was very conscious of her hat , and I am afraid she strutted up the manse hill .
The strut , or the hat , or both , got on the nerves XXXXX Mary Vance , who was swinging on the lawn gate .
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