`` How can I carry that awful thing out ? '' moaned Anne with a shudder . The fire shovel suggested itself to her and she crept down to get it while Marilla was busy in the pantry . Anne had her own troubles carrying that toad downstairs , for it hopped off the shovel three times and once she thought she had lost it in the hall . When she finally deposited it in the cherry orchard she drew a long breath of relief . `` If Marilla knew she 'd never feel safe getting into bed again in her life . I 'm so glad that little sinner repented in time . There 's Diana signaling to me from her window . I 'm glad ... I really feel the need of some diversion , for what with Anthony Pye in school and Davy Keith at home my nerves have had about all they can endure for one day . '' IX A Question of Color `` That old nuisance of a Rachel Lynde was here again today , pestering me for a subscription towards buying a carpet for the vestry room , '' said Mr. Harrison wrathfully . `` I detest that woman more than anybody I know . She can put a whole sermon , text , comment , and application , into six words , and throw it at you like a brick . '' Anne , who was perched on the edge of the veranda , enjoying the charm of a mild west wind blowing across a newly ploughed field on a gray November twilight and piping a quaint little melody among the twisted firs below the garden , turned her dreamy face over her shoulder . `` The trouble is , you and Mrs. Lynde do n't understand one another , '' she explained . `` That is always what is wrong when people do n't like each other . I did n't like Mrs. Lynde at first either ; but as soon as I came to understand her I learned to . '' `` Mrs. Lynde may be an acquired taste with some folks ; but I did n't keep on eating bananas because I was told I 'd learn to like them if I did , '' growled Mr. Harrison . `` And as for understanding her , I understand that she is a confirmed busybody and I told her so . '' `` Oh , that must have hurt her feelings very much , '' said Anne reproachfully . `` How could you say such a thing ?
I said some dreadful things XXXXX Mrs. Lynde long ago but it was when I had lost my temper .
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