Chronicles of Avonlea — Lucy Maud Montgomery

He sat down in the big bulgy old armchair that had belonged to Theodora s father Ludovic always sat there and Anne declared that the chair had come to look like him The conversation soon grew animated enough Ludovic was a good talker when he had somebody to draw him out He was well read and frequently surprised Anne by his shrewd comments on men and matters out in the world of which only the faint echoes reached Deland River He had also a liking for religious arguments with Theodora who did not care much for politics or the making of history but was avid of doctrines and read everything pertaining thereto When the conversation drifted into an eddy of friendly wrangling between Ludovic and Theodora over Christian Science Anne understood that her usefulness was ended for the time being and that she would not be missed

He sat down in the big bulgy old armchair that had belonged to Theodoras father Ludovic always sat there and Anne declared that the chair had come to look like him The conversation soon grew animated enough Ludovic was a good talker when he had somebody to draw him out He was well read and frequently surprised Anne by his shrewd comments on men and matters out in the world of which only the faint echoes reached Deland River He had also a liking for religious arguments with Theodora who did not care much for politics or the making of history but was avid of doctrines and read everything pertaining thereto When the conversation drifted into an eddy of friendly wrangling between Ludovic and Theodora over Christian Science Anne understood that her usefulness was ended for the time being and that she would not be missed

In the first place he kept house for himself and had publicly stated that he wanted no fools of women around his diggings Feminine Avonlea took its revenge by the gruesome tales it related about his house keeping and cooking He had hired little John Henry Carter of White Sands and John Henry started the stories For one thing there was never any stated time for meals in the Harrison establishment Mr Harrison got a bite when he felt hungry and if John Henry were around at the time he came in for a share but if he were not he had to wait until Mr Harrison s next hungry spell John Henry mournfully averred that he would have starved to death if it wasn t that he got home on Sundays and got a good filling up and that his mother always gave him a basket of grub to take back with him on Monday mornings Tanıtım Bülteninden

In the first place he kept house for himself and had publicly stated that he wanted no fools of women around his diggings Feminine Avonlea took its revenge by the gruesome tales it related about his house keeping and cooking He had hired little John Henry Carter of White Sands and John Henry started the stories For one thing there was never any stated time for meals in the Harrison establishment Mr Harrison ldquo got a biterdquo when he felt hungry and if John Henry were around at the time he came in for a share but if he were not he had to wait until Mr Harrisons next hungry spell John Henry mournfully averred that he would have starved to death if it wasnt that he got home on Sundays and got a good filling up and that his mother always gave him a basket of ldquo grubrdquo to take back with him on Monday mornings