And there is no doubt that we are born to trouble as the sparks fly upward . As for Matilda , I do not know what to think of her . None of our family ever broke their legs before . But whatever she has done she is still my sister , and I feel that it is my duty to go and wait on her , if you can spare me for a few weeks , Mrs. Doctor , dear . '' `` Of course , Susan , of course . I can get someone to help me while you are gone . '' `` If you can not I will not go , Mrs. Doctor , dear , Matilda 's leg to the contrary notwithstanding . I will not have you worried , and that blessed child upset in consequence , for any number of legs . '' `` Oh , you must go to your sister at once , Susan . I can get a girl from the cove , who will do for a time . '' `` Anne , will you let me come and stay with you while Susan is away ? '' exclaimed Leslie . `` Do ! I 'd love to -- and it would be an act of charity on your part . I 'm so horribly lonely over there in that big barn of a house . There 's so little to do -- and at night I 'm worse than lonely -- I 'm frightened and nervous in spite of locked doors . There was a tramp around two days ago . '' Anne joyfully agreed , and next day Leslie was installed as an inmate of the little house of dreams . Miss Cornelia warmly approved of the arrangement . `` It seems Providential , '' she told Anne in confidence .
`` I 'm sorry for Matilda Clow , but since she had to break her XXXXX it could n't have happened at a better time .
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