`` It 'll be time for you to be getting a husband when you 're through Redmond , '' said Mr. Harrison . `` I do n't believe in putting marrying off too long -- like I did . '' Anne got up and marched home . There were times when Mr. Harrison was really intolerable . `` Pitching , '' `` mooning , '' and `` getting a husband . '' Ow !! Chapter XIII The Way of Transgressors Davy and Dora were ready for Sunday School . They were going alone , which did not often happen , for Mrs. Lynde always attended Sunday School . But Mrs. Lynde had twisted her ankle and was lame , so she was staying home this morning . The twins were also to represent the family at church , for Anne had gone away the evening before to spend Sunday with friends in Carmody , and Marilla had one of her headaches . Davy came downstairs slowly . Dora was waiting in the hall for him , having been made ready by Mrs. Lynde . Davy had attended to his own preparations . He had a cent in his pocket for the Sunday School collection , and a five-cent piece for the church collection ; he carried his Bible in one hand and his Sunday School quarterly in the other ; he knew his lesson and his Golden Text and his catechism question perfectly . Had he not studied them -- perforce -- in Mrs. Lynde 's kitchen , all last Sunday afternoon ? Davy , therefore , should have been in a placid frame of mind . As a matter of fact , despite text and catechism , he was inwardly as a ravening wolf . Mrs. Lynde limped out of her kitchen as he joined Dora . `` Are you clean ? '' she demanded severely .
`` Yes -- all XXXXX me that shows , '' Davy answered with a defiant scowl .
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