`` She 's not half as bad , '' said Alec solemnly , `` and that 's what makes me think it 's serious . Other times she 'd be screaming and throwing herself all over the place . This time she 's lying still and mum . When Mrs. Douglas is mum she is pretty sick , you bet . '' `` You do n't like old Mrs. Douglas ? '' said Anne curiously . `` I like cats as IS cats . I do n't like cats as is women , '' was Alec 's cryptic reply . Janet came home in the twilight . `` Mrs. Douglas is dead , '' she said wearily . `` She died soon after I got there . She just spoke to me once -- ' I suppose you 'll marry John now ? ' she said . It cut me to the heart , Anne . To think John 's own mother thought I would n't marry him because of her ! I could n't say a word either -- there were other women there . I was thankful John had gone out . '' Janet began to cry drearily . But Anne brewed her a hot drink of ginger tea to her comforting . To be sure , Anne discovered later on that she had used white pepper instead of ginger ; but Janet never knew the difference .
The evening after the funeral Janet and Anne were sitting XXXXX the front porch steps at sunset .
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