Who was that woman , I say ? '' `` Marilla , if I 'm not crazy and not asleep she ca n't be such stuff as dreams are made of ... she must be real . Anyway , I 'm sure I could n't have imagined such a bonnet . She says she is Mr. Harrison 's wife , Marilla . '' Marilla stared in her turn . `` His wife ! Anne Shirley ! Then what has he been passing himself off as an unmarried man for ? '' `` I do n't suppose he did , really , '' said Anne , trying to be just . `` He never said he was n't married . People simply took it for granted . Oh Marilla , what will Mrs. Lynde say to this ? '' They found out what Mrs. Lynde had to say when she came up that evening . Mrs. Lynde was n't surprised ! Mrs. Lynde had always expected something of the sort ! Mrs. Lynde had always known there was SOMETHING about Mr. Harrison ! `` To think of his deserting his wife ! '' she said indignantly . `` It 's like something you 'd read of in the States , but who would expect such a thing to happen right here in Avonlea ? '' `` But we do n't know that he deserted her , '' protested Anne , determined to believe her friend innocent till he was proved guilty .
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