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Adjusted Relationships

           JosiePyesaidshebelievedAnneShirleyhadjustcopiedthestory;shewassuresherememberedreadingitinapaperyearsbefore.TheSloanes,whohadfoundoutorguessedthatCharliehadbeen“turneddown,”saidtheydidn’tthinkitwasmuchtobeproudof;almostanyonecouldhavedoneit,ifshetried.AuntAtossatoldAnneshewasverysorrytohearshehadtakentowritingnovels;nobodybornandbredinAvonleawoulddoit;thatwaswhatcameofadoptingorphansfromgoodnessknewwhere,withgoodnessknewwhatkindofparents.EvenMrs.RachelLyndewasdarklydubiousabouttheproprietyofwritingfiction,thoughshewasalmostreconciledtoitbythattwenty-fivedollarcheck.

           “Itisperfectlyamazing,thepricetheypayforsuchlies,that’swhat,”shesaid,half-proudly,half-severely.

           Allthingsconsidered,itwasareliefwhengoing-awaytimecame.AnditwasveryjollytobebackatRedmond,awise,experiencedSophwithhostsoffriendstogreetonthemerryopeningday.PrisandStellaandGilbertwerethere,CharlieSloane,lookingmoreimportantthaneveraSophomorelookedbefore,Phil,withtheAlec-and-Alonzoquestionstillunsettled,andMoodySpurgeonMacPherson.MoodySpurgeonhadbeenteachingschooleversinceleavingQueen’s,buthismotherhadconcludeditwashightimehegaveitupandturnedhisattentiontolearninghowtobeaminister.PoorMoodySpurgeonfellonhardluckattheverybeginningofhiscollegecareer.HalfadozenruthlessSophs,whowereamonghisfellow-boarders,swoopeddownuponhimonenightandshavedhalfofhishead.

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