asked Marilla distrustfully . `` Pretty well . I 'm better at looking after children , though . I 've had so much experience at that . It 's such a pity you have n't any here for me to look after . '' `` I do n't feel as if I wanted any more children to look after than I 've got at present . YOU 'RE problem enough in all conscience . What 's to be done with you I do n't know . Matthew is a most ridiculous man . '' `` I think he 's lovely , '' said Anne reproachfully . `` He is so very sympathetic . He did n't mind how much I talked -- he seemed to like it . I felt that he was a kindred spirit as soon as ever I saw him . '' `` You 're both queer enough , if that 's what you mean by kindred spirits , '' said Marilla with a sniff . `` Yes , you may wash the dishes . Take plenty of hot water , and be sure you dry them well . I 've got enough to attend to this morning for I 'll have to drive over to White Sands in the afternoon and see Mrs. Spencer . You 'll come with me and we 'll settle what 's to be done with you . After you 've finished the dishes go up-stairs and make your bed . '' Anne washed the dishes deftly enough , as Marilla who kept a sharp eye on the process , discerned .
Later on she made her bed less successfully , XXXXX she had never learned the art of wrestling with a feather tick .
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