Mr. Roger Pye is going to get the paint in town today . '' `` Who 's got the job ? '' `` Mr. Joshua Pye of Carmody . He has nearly finished the shingling . We had to give him the contract , for every one of the Pyes ... and there are four families , you know ... said they would n't give a cent unless Joshua got it . They had subscribed twelve dollars between them and we thought that was too much to lose , although some people think we should n't have given in to the Pyes . Mrs. Lynde says they try to run everything . '' `` The main question is will this Joshua do his work well . If he does I do n't see that it matters whether his name is Pye or Pudding . '' `` He has the reputation of being a good workman , though they say he 's a very peculiar man . He hardly ever talks . '' `` He 's peculiar enough all right then , '' said Mr. Harrison drily . `` Or at least , folks here will call him so . I never was much of a talker till I came to Avonlea and then I had to begin in self-defense or Mrs. Lynde would have said I was dumb and started a subscription to have me taught sign language . You 're not going yet , Anne ? '' `` I must . I have some sewing to do for Dora this evening . Besides , Davy is probably breaking Marilla 's heart with some new mischief by this time . This morning the first thing he said was , ` Where does the dark go , Anne ? I want to know . '
I told him it went around to the other side of the world but after breakfast he declared it did n't ... XXXXX it went down the well .
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