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72 RAINBOW VALLEY"Oh, the hussy oh, the littlehussy!" she said, asshe carried Rilla away for purification and comfort."This thing has gone far enough, Anne dearie," saidMiss Cornelia resolutely.Who is this creature who iswhere does she come from?""Something must be done.staying at the manse and"I understood she was a little girl from over-harbourwho was visiting at the manse," answered Anne, whosaw the comical side of the codfish chase and secretlythought Rilla was rather vain and needed a lesson ortwo."I know all the over-harbour families who come toour church and that imp doesn't belong to any ofthem," retorted Miss Cornelia. "She is almost in ragsand when she goes to church she wears Faith Meredith'sold clothes. There's some mystery here, andI'm going to investigate it, since it seems nobody elsewill. I believe she was at the bottom of their goings-onin Warren Mead's spruce bush the other day. Didyou hear of their frightening his mother into a fit ?""No. I knew Gilbert had been called to see her, butI did not hear what the trouble was.""Well, you know she has a weak heart.And oneday last week, when she was all alone on the veranda,she heard the most awful shrieks of "murder" and"help" coming from the bush positively frightfulout at once.sounds, Anne dearie. Her heart gaveWarren heard them himself at the barn, and went