`` Well , maybe it does , '' admitted Marilla . `` I 'd rather walk calmly along and do without both flying and thud . But everybody has her own way of living ... I used to think there was only one right way ... but since I 've had you and the twins to bring up I do n't feel so sure of it . What are you going to do about Miss Barry 's platter ? '' `` Pay her back the twenty dollars she paid for it , I suppose . I 'm so thankful it was n't a cherished heirloom because then no money could replace it . '' `` Maybe you could find one like it somewhere and buy it for her . '' `` I 'm afraid not . Platters as old as that are very scarce . Mrs. Lynde could n't find one anywhere for the supper . I only wish I could , for of course Miss Barry would just as soon have one platter as another , if both were equally old and genuine . Marilla , look at that big star over Mr. Harrison 's maple grove , with all that holy hush of silvery sky about it . It gives me a feeling that is like a prayer . After all , when one can see stars and skies like that , little disappointments and accidents ca n't matter so much , can they ? '' `` Where 's Davy ? '' said Marilla , with an indifferent glance at the star . `` In bed . I 've promised to take him and Dora to the shore for a picnic tomorrow . Of course , the original agreement was that he must be good . But he TRIED to be good ... and I had n't the heart to disappoint him . ''
`` You 'll drown yourself or the twins , rowing XXXXX the pond in that flat , '' grumbled Marilla .
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