It was a very lonesome place . I 'm sure I could never have lived there if I had n't had an imagination . Mr. Hammond worked a little sawmill up there , and Mrs. Hammond had eight children . She had twins three times . I like babies in moderation , but twins three times in succession is TOO MUCH . I told Mrs. Hammond so firmly , when the last pair came . I used to get so dreadfully tired carrying them about . `` I lived up river with Mrs. Hammond over two years , and then Mr. Hammond died and Mrs. Hammond broke up housekeeping . She divided her children among her relatives and went to the States . I had to go to the asylum at Hopeton , because nobody would take me . They did n't want me at the asylum , either ; they said they were over-crowded as it was . But they had to take me and I was there four months until Mrs. Spencer came . '' Anne finished up with another sigh , of relief this time . Evidently she did not like talking about her experiences in a world that had not wanted her . `` Did you ever go to school ? '' demanded Marilla , turning the sorrel mare down the shore road . `` Not a great deal . I went a little the last year I stayed with Mrs. Thomas . When I went up river we were so far from a school that I could n't walk it in winter and there was a vacation in summer , so I could only go in the spring and fall . But of course I went while I was at the asylum .
I can read pretty well and I know ever so many pieces of poetry off by heart -- ` The Battle of Hohenlinden ' and ` Edinburgh after Flodden , ' and ` Bingen of the Rhine , ' and most of the ` Lady XXXXX the Lake ' and most of ` The Seasons ' by James Thompson .
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