She told me the reason once -- it was because she had such a temper that she was afraid she could n't live peaceably with any man . She HAD an awful temper -- she used to have to go upstairs and bite pieces out of her bureau to keep it down by times . But I told her that was n't any reason for not marrying if she wanted to . There 's no reason why we should let the men have a monopoly of temper , is there , Mrs. Blythe , dearie ? '' `` I 've a bit of temper myself , '' sighed Anne . `` It 's well you have , dearie . You wo n't be half so likely to be trodden on , believe ME ! My , how that golden glow of yours is blooming ! Your garden looks fine . Poor Elizabeth always took such care of it . '' `` I love it , '' said Anne . `` I 'm glad it 's so full of old-fashioned flowers . Speaking of gardening , we want to get a man to dig up that little lot beyond the fir grove and set it out with strawberry plants for us . Gilbert is so busy he will never get time for it this fall . Do you know anyone we can get ? '' `` Well , Henry Hammond up at the Glen goes out doing jobs like that . He 'll do , maybe . He 's always a heap more interested in his wages than in his work , just like a man , and he 's so slow in the uptake that he stands still for five minutes before it dawns on him that he 's stopped . His father threw a stump at him when he was small . `` Nice gentle missile , was n't it ?
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