`` Thus saith the preacher , '' mocked Anne . But under the mockery she felt that he was right ; and she was very sick at heart for Leslie . A week later Miss Cornelia descended like an avalanche upon the little house . Gilbert was away and Anne was compelled to bear the shock of the impact alone . Miss Cornelia hardly waited to get her hat off before she began . `` Anne , do you mean to tell me it 's true what I 've heard -- that Dr. Blythe has told Leslie Dick can be cured , and that she is going to take him to Montreal to have him operated on ? '' `` Yes , it is quite true , Miss Cornelia , '' said Anne bravely . `` Well , it 's inhuman cruelty , that 's what it is , '' said Miss Cornelia , violently agitated . `` I did think Dr. Blythe was a decent man . I did n't think he could have been guilty of this . '' `` Dr. Blythe thought it was his duty to tell Leslie that there was a chance for Dick , '' said Anne with spirit , `` and , '' she added , loyalty to Gilbert getting the better of her , `` I agree with him . '' `` Oh , no , you do n't , dearie , '' said Miss Cornelia . `` No person with any bowels of compassion could . '' `` Captain Jim does . '' `` Do n't quote that old ninny to me , '' cried Miss Cornelia . `` And I do n't care who agrees with him . Think -- THINK what it means to that poor hunted , harried girl . '' `` We DO think of it . But Gilbert believes that a doctor should put the welfare of a patient 's mind and body before all other considerations . '' `` That 's just like a man .
But I expected better things XXXXX you , Anne , '' said Miss Cornelia , more in sorrow than in wrath ; then she proceeded to bombard Anne with precisely the same arguments with which the latter had attacked Gilbert ; and Anne valiantly defended her husband with the weapons he had used for his own protection .
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