`` He 's ... he 's always talking nonsense . I got him from my brother who was a sailor . Sailors do n't always use the choicest language , and parrots are very imitative birds . '' `` So I should think , '' said poor Anne , the remembrance of her errand quelling her resentment . She could n't afford to snub Mr. Harrison under the circumstances , that was certain . When you had just sold a man 's Jersey cow offhand , without his knowledge or consent you must not mind if his parrot repeated uncomplimentary things . Nevertheless , the `` redheaded snippet '' was not quite so meek as she might otherwise have been . `` I 've come to confess something to you , Mr. Harrison , '' she said resolutely . `` It 's ... it 's about ... that Jersey cow . '' `` Bless my soul , '' exclaimed Mr. Harrison nervously , `` has she gone and broken into my oats again ? Well , never mind ... never mind if she has . It 's no difference ... none at all , I ... I was too hasty yesterday , that 's a fact . Never mind if she has . '' `` Oh , if it were only that , '' sighed Anne . `` But it 's ten times worse . I do n't ... '' `` Bless my soul , do you mean to say she 's got into my wheat ? '' `` No ... no ... not the wheat . But ... '' `` Then it 's the cabbages ! She 's broken into my cabbages that I was raising for Exhibition , hey ? '' `` It 's NOT the cabbages , Mr. Harrison .
I 'll tell you everything ... that is what I came XXXXX -- but please do n't interrupt me .
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