asked Diana . `` Oh , she wo n't care . Dolly was my own cow and it is n't likely she 'd bring more than twenty dollars at the auction . But oh dear , if Mr. Harrison sees that grain he will know she has been in again , and after my giving him my word of honor that I 'd never let it happen ! Well , it has taught me a lesson not to give my word of honor about cows . A cow that could jump over or break through our milk-pen fence could n't be trusted anywhere . '' Marilla had gone down to Mrs. Lynde 's , and when she returned knew all about Dolly 's sale and transfer , for Mrs. Lynde had seen most of the transaction from her window and guessed the rest . `` I suppose it 's just as well she 's gone , though you DO do things in a dreadful headlong fashion , Anne . I do n't see how she got out of the pen , though . She must have broken some of the boards off . '' `` I did n't think of looking , '' said Anne , `` but I 'll go and see now . Martin has never come back yet . Perhaps some more of his aunts have died . I think it 's something like Mr. Peter Sloane and the octogenarians . The other evening Mrs. Sloane was reading a newspaper and she said to Mr. Sloane , ' I see here that another octogenarian has just died . What is an octogenarian , Peter ? ' And Mr. Sloane said he did n't know , but they must be very sickly creatures , for you never heard tell of them but they were dying . That 's the way with Martin 's aunts . '' `` Martin 's just like all the rest of those French , '' said Marilla in disgust . `` You ca n't depend on them for a day . ''
Marilla was looking over Anne 's Carmody purchases when she heard a shrill shriek XXXXX the barnyard .
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