In the meantime the interest was to be used for their maintenance . `` It seems dreadful to be glad of anything in connection with a death , '' said Anne soberly . `` I 'm sorry for poor Mr. Keith ; but I AM glad that we can keep the twins . '' `` It 's a very good thing about the money , '' said Marilla practically . `` I wanted to keep them but I really did n't see how I could afford to do it , especially when they grew older . The rent of the farm does n't do any more than keep the house and I was bound that not a cent of your money should be spent on them . You do far too much for them as it is . Dora did n't need that new hat you bought her any more than a cat needs two tails . But now the way is made clear and they are provided for . '' Davy and Dora were delighted when they heard that they were to live at Green Gables , `` for good . '' The death of an uncle whom they had never seen could not weigh a moment in the balance against that . But Dora had one misgiving . `` Was Uncle Richard buried ? '' she whispered to Anne . `` Yes , dear , of course . '' `` He ... he ... is n't like Mirabel Cotton 's uncle , is he ? '' in a still more agitated whisper . `` He wo n't walk about houses after being buried , will he , Anne ? '' XXIII Miss Lavendar 's Romance `` I think I 'll take a walk through to Echo Lodge this evening , '' said Anne , one Friday afternoon in December . `` It looks like snow , '' said Marilla dubiously .
`` I 'll be there before the snow comes and I mean XXXXX stay all night .
In against as for like of on than that to