So I do n't talk now when she reads it Sunday afternoons ; I just think things and say them to Milty Boulter next day in school . I told Milty the story about Elisha and the bears and it scared him so he 's never made fun of Mr. Harrison 's bald head once . Are there any bears on P.E. Island , Anne ? I want to know . '' `` Not nowadays , '' said Anne , absently , as the wind blew a scud of snow against the window . `` Oh , dear , will it ever stop storming . '' `` God knows , '' said Davy airily , preparing to resume his reading . Anne WAS shocked this time . `` Davy ! '' she exclaimed reproachfully . `` Mrs. Lynde says that , '' protested Davy . `` One night last week Marilla said ` Will Ludovic Speed and Theodora Dix EVER get married ? '' and Mrs. Lynde said , '' ` God knows ' -- just like that . '' `` Well , it was n't right for her to say it , '' said Anne , promptly deciding upon which horn of this dilemma to empale herself . `` It is n't right for anybody to take that name in vain or speak it lightly , Davy . Do n't ever do it again . '' `` Not if I say it slow and solemn , like the minister ? '' queried Davy gravely . `` No , not even then . '' `` Well , I wo n't .
Ludovic Speed and Theodora Dix live XXXXX Middle Grafton and Mrs. Rachel says he has been courting her for a hundred years .
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