This one has one of my favorite anecdotes from all the Anne books. One of Anne's students at the Avonlea school announces that when she grows up she wants to be a widow - because if you aren't married people call you an old maid and if you are married your husband bosses you around. Widows are spared both. Excellent reasoning on the part of a seven-year-old - I suspect that may have been a bit of Lucy coming through.
How does she do it? These characters are all so very, very nice - but somehow they aren't boring even on lebentieth reading.
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