`` My brother the sailor named him . Maybe it had some reference to his temper . I think a lot of that bird though ... you 'd be surprised if you knew how much . He has his faults of course . That bird has cost me a good deal one way and another . Some people object to his swearing habits but he ca n't be broken of them . I 've tried ... other people have tried . Some folks have prejudices against parrots . Silly , ai n't it ? I like them myself . Ginger 's a lot of company to me . Nothing would induce me to give that bird up ... nothing in the world , miss . '' Mr. Harrison flung the last sentence at Anne as explosively as if he suspected her of some latent design of persuading him to give Ginger up . Anne , however , was beginning to like the queer , fussy , fidgety little man , and before the meal was over they were quite good friends . Mr. Harrison found out about the Improvement Society and was disposed to approve of it . `` That 's right . Go ahead . There 's lots of room for improvement in this settlement ... and in the people too . '' `` Oh , I do n't know , '' flashed Anne . To herself , or to her particular cronies , she might admit that there were some small imperfections , easily removable , in Avonlea and its inhabitants .
But XXXXX hear a practical outsider like Mr. Harrison saying it was an entirely different thing .
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