Then what has he been passing himself off as an unmarried man for ? '' `` I do n't suppose he did , really , '' said Anne , trying to be just . `` He never said he was n't married . People simply took it for granted . Oh Marilla , what will Mrs. Lynde say to this ? '' They found out what Mrs. Lynde had to say when she came up that evening . Mrs. Lynde was n't surprised ! Mrs. Lynde had always expected something of the sort ! Mrs. Lynde had always known there was SOMETHING about Mr. Harrison ! `` To think of his deserting his wife ! '' she said indignantly . `` It 's like something you 'd read of in the States , but who would expect such a thing to happen right here in Avonlea ? '' `` But we do n't know that he deserted her , '' protested Anne , determined to believe her friend innocent till he was proved guilty . `` We do n't know the rights of it at all . '' `` Well , we soon will . I 'm going straight over there , '' said Mrs. Lynde , who had never learned that there was such a word as delicacy in the dictionary . `` I 'm not supposed to know anything about her arrival , and Mr. Harrison was to bring some medicine for Thomas from Carmody today , so that will be a good excuse . I 'll find out the whole story and come in and tell you on the way back . '' Mrs. Lynde rushed in where Anne had feared to tread . Nothing would have induced the latter to go over to the Harrison place ; but she had her natural and proper share of curiosity and she felt secretly glad that Mrs. Lynde was going to solve the mystery .
She and Marilla waited expectantly XXXXX that good lady 's return , but waited in vain .
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