`` Those manse children will starve to death yet if Mr. Meredith does n't get married , '' Miss Cornelia told her husband indignantly after Una had gone . `` And he wo n't -- and what 's to be done ? And SHALL we take this Mary-creature , Marshall ? '' `` Yes , take her , '' said Marshall laconically . `` Just like a man , '' said his wife , despairingly . '' ` Take her ' -- as if that was all . There are a hundred things to be considered , believe ME . '' `` Take her -- and we 'll consider them afterwards , Cornelia , '' said her husband . In the end Miss Cornelia did take her and went up to announce her decision to the Ingleside people first . `` Splendid ! '' said Anne delightedly . `` I 've been hoping you would do that very thing , Miss Cornelia . I want that poor child to get a good home . I was a homeless little orphan just like her once . '' `` I do n't think this Mary-creature is or ever will be much like you , '' retorted Miss Cornelia gloomily . `` She 's a cat of another colour . But she 's also a human being with an immortal soul to save . I 've got a shorter catechism and a small tooth comb and I 'm going to do my duty by her , now that I 've set my hand to the plough , believe me . '' Mary received the news with chastened satisfaction . `` It 's better luck than I expected , '' she said .
`` You 'll have to mind your p 's and q 's XXXXX Mrs. Elliott , '' said Nan .
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