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Chapter XXI. A New Departure in Flavorings

           Besides,she’sonlybeenaminister’swifeforalittlewhile,sooneshouldmakeallowances,shouldn’tthey?TheyaregoingtoboardwithMrs.Lyndeuntilthemanseisready.”

           IfMarilla,ingoingdowntoMrs.Lynde’sthatevening,wasactuatedbyanymotivesaveheravowedoneofreturningthequiltingframesshehadborrowedtheprecedingwinter,itwasanamiableweaknesssharedbymostoftheAvonleapeople.ManyathingMrs.Lyndehadlent,sometimesneverexpectingtoseeitagain,camehomethatnightinchargeoftheborrowersthereof.Anewminister,andmoreoveraministerwithawife,wasalawfulobjectofcuriosityinaquietlittlecountrysettlementwheresensationswerefewandfarbetween.

           OldMr.Bentley,theministerwhomAnnehadfoundlackinginimagination,hadbeenpastorofAvonleaforeighteenyears.Hewasawidowerwhenhecame,andawidowerheremained,despitethefactthatgossipregularlymarriedhimtothis,that,ortheotherone,everyyearofhissojourn.IntheprecedingFebruaryhehadresignedhischargeanddepartedamidtheregretsofhispeople,mostofwhomhadtheaffectionbornoflongintercoursefortheirgoodoldministerinspiteofhisshortcomingsasanorator.SincethentheAvonleachurchhadenjoyedavarietyofreligiousdissipationinlisteningtothemanyandvariouscandidatesand“supplies”whocameSundayafterSundaytopreachontrial.

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