And you will have a chance to find out what an adorable creature Fatima really is . Well , that is all settled . I 'll send Fatima out to-morrow . '' `` You can take care of that horrid Fatima beast yourself , '' said Ismay , when the door closed behind Aunt Cynthia . `` I wo n't touch her with a yard-stick . You had no business to say we 'd take her . '' `` Did I say we would take her ? '' I demanded , crossly . `` Aunt Cynthia took our consent for granted . And you know , as well as I do , we could n't have refused . So what is the use of being grouchy ? '' `` If anything happens to her Aunt Cynthia will hold us responsible , '' said Ismay darkly . `` Do you think Anne Shirley is really engaged to Gilbert Blythe ? '' I asked curiously . `` I 've heard that she was , '' said Ismay , absently . `` Does she eat anything but milk ? Will it do to give her mice ? '' `` Oh , I guess so . But do you think Max has really fallen in love with her ? '' `` I dare say .
What a relief it will be XXXXX you if he has . ''
Cynthia Ismay as for of out that to with yard-stick