It kept me all cross and cantankerous and I saw I 'd have to get out or I 'd never have any peace . I concluded I 'd come to the Island . I 'd been here when I was a boy and I liked it ; but Emily had always said she would n't live in a place where folks were scared to walk out after dark for fear they 'd fall off the edge . So , just to be contrary , I moved over here . And that 's all there is to it . I had n't ever heard a word from or about Emily till I come home from the back field Saturday and found her scrubbing the floor but with the first decent dinner I 'd had since she left me all ready on the table . She told me to eat it first and then we 'd talk ... by which I concluded that Emily had learned some lessons about getting along with a man . So she 's here and she 's going to stay ... seeing that Ginger 's dead and the Island 's some bigger than she thought . There 's Mrs. Lynde and her now . No , do n't go , Anne . Stay and get acquainted with Emily . She took quite a notion to you Saturday ... wanted to know who that handsome redhaired girl was at the next house . '' Mrs. Harrison welcomed Anne radiantly and insisted on her staying to tea . `` James A. has been telling me all about you and how kind you 've been , making cakes and things for him , '' she said . `` I want to get acquainted with all my new neighbors just as soon as possible . Mrs. Lynde is a lovely woman , is n't she ? So friendly . '' When Anne went home in the sweet June dusk , Mrs. Harrison went with her across the fields where the fireflies were lighting their starry lamps . `` I suppose , '' said Mrs. Harrison confidentially , `` that James A. has told you our story ? '' `` Yes . ''
`` Then I need n't tell it , XXXXX James A. is a just man and he would tell the truth .
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