He needed a woman who could stand up to him . Ellen would have kept him in fine order and he would have liked her all the better for it . He despised Hester , that is the truth , just because she always gave in to him . I used to hear him say many a time , long ago when he was a young fellow ` Give me a spunky woman -- spunk for me every time . ' And then he went and married a girl who could n't say boo to a goose -- man-like . That family of Reeses were just vegetables . They went through the motions of living , but they did n't LIVE . '' `` Russell Reese used his first wife 's wedding-ring to marry his second , '' said Susan reminiscently . `` That was TOO economical in my opinion , Mrs. Dr. dear . And his brother John has his own tombstone put up in the over-harbour graveyard , with everything on it but the date of death , and he goes and looks at it every Sunday . Most folks would not consider that much fun , but it is plain he does . People do have such different ideas of enjoyment . As for Norman Douglas , he is a perfect heathen . When the last minister asked him why he never went to church he said `` Too many ugly women there , parson -- too many ugly women ! '' I should like to go to such a man , Mrs. Dr. dear , and say to him solemnly , ` There is a hell ! ' '' `` Oh , Norman does n't believe there is such a place , '' said Miss Cornelia . `` I hope he 'll find out his mistake when he comes to die . There , Mary , you 've knit your three inches and you can go and play with the children for half an hour . '' Mary needed no second bidding . She flew to Rainbow Valley with a heart as light as her heels , and in the course of conversation told Faith Meredith all about Mrs. Alec Davis .
`` And Mrs. Elliott says that she 'll turn all the Douglases against your father and then he 'll have XXXXX leave the Glen because his salary wo n't be paid , '' concluded Mary . ''
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