My , but you ARE redheaded ! Well , I s ` pose we 're all as the Lord made us ! Give Marilla Cuthbert my respects . She 's never been to see me since I come to Avonlea , but I s ` pose I ought n't to complain . The Cuthberts always did think themselves a cut higher than any one else round here . '' `` Oh , is n't she dreadful ? '' gasped Diana , as they escaped down the lane . `` She 's worse than Miss Eliza Andrews , '' said Anne . `` But then think of living all your life with a name like Atossa ! Would n't it sour almost any one ? She should have tried to imagine her name was Cordelia . It might have helped her a great deal . It certainly helped me in the days when I did n't like ANNE . '' `` Josie Pye will be just like her when she grows up , '' said Diana . `` Josie 's mother and Aunt Atossa are cousins , you know . Oh , dear , I 'm glad that 's over . She 's so malicious -- she seems to put a bad flavor in everything . Father tells such a funny story about her . One time they had a minister in Spencervale who was a very good , spiritual man but very deaf . He could n't hear any ordinary conversation at all .
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