Calico Illustrated Classics: Anne of Green Gables

Calico Illustrated Classics: Anne of Green Gables — page 3
Good evening Rachel Marilla said briskly This is a fi ne evening isn’t it Won’t you sit down How are all your folks An odd friendship existed between Marilla and Mrs Rachel They were very different from one another Perhaps those differences brought them together Marilla was a tall thin woman Her dark hair showed some gray streaks It was always twisted up in a hard little knot behind her head We’re all pretty well said Mrs Rachel I was afraid you weren’t when I saw Matthew leaving today I thought maybe he was going to the doctor’s Marilla had expected Mrs Rachel to drop by She had known that the sight of Matthew leaving would be too much for her neighbor’s curiosity Oh no I’m quite well Marilla said Matthew went to Bright River We’re getting a little boy from an orphanage in Nova Scotia He’s coming on the train tonight 6