She 's father 's aunt , too . Her husband died last winter and she was left very poor and lonely , so the Wrights took her to live with them . Mother thought we ought to take her , but father put his foot down . Live with Aunt Atossa he would not . '' `` Is she so terrible ? '' asked Anne absently . `` You 'll probably see what she 's like before we can get away , '' said Diana significantly . `` Father says she has a face like a hatchet -- it cuts the air . But her tongue is sharper still . '' Late as it was Aunt Atossa was cutting potato sets in the Wright kitchen . She wore a faded old wrapper , and her gray hair was decidedly untidy . Aunt Atossa did not like being `` caught in a kilter , '' so she went out of her way to be disagreeable . `` Oh , so you 're Anne Shirley ? '' she said , when Diana introduced Anne . `` I 've heard of you . '' Her tone implied that she had heard nothing good . `` Mrs. Andrews was telling me you were home . She said you had improved a good deal . '' There was no doubt Aunt Atossa thought there was plenty of room for further improvement . She ceased not from cutting sets with much energy .
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