`` I 've heard that she was , '' said Ismay , absently . `` Does she eat anything but milk ? Will it do to give her mice ? '' `` Oh , I guess so . But do you think Max has really fallen in love with her ? '' `` I dare say . What a relief it will be for you if he has . '' `` Oh , of course , '' I said , frostily . `` Anne Shirley or Anne Anybody Else , is perfectly welcome to Max if she wants him . I certainly do not . Ismay Meade , if that stove does n't stop smoking I shall fly into bits . This is a detestable day . I hate that creature ! '' `` Oh , you should n't talk like that , when you do n't even know her , '' protested Ismay . `` Every one says Anne Shirley is lovely -- '' `` I was talking about Fatima , '' I cried in a rage . `` Oh ! '' said Ismay . Ismay is stupid at times . I thought the way she said `` Oh '' was inexcusably stupid . Fatima arrived the next day .
Max brought her out XXXXX a covered basket , lined with padded crimson satin .
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