They went through the motions of living , but they did n't LIVE . '' `` Russell Reese used his first wife 's wedding-ring to marry his second , '' said Susan reminiscently . `` That was TOO economical in my opinion , Mrs. Dr. dear . And his brother John has his own tombstone put up in the over-harbour graveyard , with everything on it but the date of death , and he goes and looks at it every Sunday . Most folks would not consider that much fun , but it is plain he does . People do have such different ideas of enjoyment . As for Norman Douglas , he is a perfect heathen . When the last minister asked him why he never went to church he said `` Too many ugly women there , parson -- too many ugly women ! '' I should like to go to such a man , Mrs. Dr. dear , and say to him solemnly , ` There is a hell ! ' '' `` Oh , Norman does n't believe there is such a place , '' said Miss Cornelia . `` I hope he 'll find out his mistake when he comes to die . There , Mary , you 've knit your three inches and you can go and play with the children for half an hour . '' Mary needed no second bidding . She flew to Rainbow Valley with a heart as light as her heels , and in the course of conversation told Faith Meredith all about Mrs. Alec Davis . `` And Mrs. Elliott says that she 'll turn all the Douglases against your father and then he 'll have to leave the Glen because his salary wo n't be paid , '' concluded Mary . '' I do n't know what is to be done , honest to goodness . If only old Norman Douglas would come back to church and pay , it would n't be so bad . But he wo n't -- and the Douglases will leave -- and you all will have to go . '' Faith carried a heavy heart to bed with her that night . The thought of leaving the Glen was unbearable .
Nowhere else XXXXX the world were there such chums as the Blythes .
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