`` Jims , '' protested Rilla , aghast at this liberty . `` You leave him be , '' ordered Mrs. Matilda Pitman , setting her bonnet straight . `` Laws I like to see some one that is n't skeered of me . Everybody is -- you are , though you 're trying to hide it . And why ? Of course Robert and Amelia are because I make 'em skeered on purpose . But folks always are -- no matter how civil I be to them . Are you going to keep this child ? '' `` I 'm afraid not . His father is coming home before long . '' `` Is he any good -- the father , I mean ? '' `` Well -- he 's kind and nice -- but he 's poor -- and I 'm afraid he always will be , '' faltered Rilla . `` I see -- shiftless -- ca n't make or keep . Well , I 'll see -- I 'll see . I have an idea . It 's a good idea , and besides it will make Robert and Amelia squirm . That 's its main merit in my eyes , though I like that child , mind you , because he ai n't skeered of me . He 's worth some bother . Now , you get dressed , as I said before , and come down when you 're good and ready . '' Rilla was stiff and sore after her tumble and walk of the night before but she was not long in dressing herself and Jims .
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