she had dark hair with some grey parts
I was going to climb the cherry 16 tree and sleep there.”
“Well, I advise 70 you to talk to that girl. And when I say ‘talk’, I mean a birch twig 71 – a very effective language for a child like that,” said Mrs. Rachel and went away.
“Matthew and I decided to keep you
“But I don’t understand why people say their prayers on their knees. If I wanted to say prayers, I would go into the field or into the forest and look at the blue-blue sky.”
The girl stopped talking and didn’t say a word while eating. That was strange. The room was silent 37 .
“You said you would be a nice girl, if we let you stay at Avonlea,
Marilla needed to give the girl back. As they went away, Matthew stood there and watched them sadly.
Matthew was not so young anymore,
“Hold your tongue 36 . Why do you talk so much?” asked Marilla.