Ginger 's a lot of company to me . Nothing would induce me to give that bird up ... nothing in the world , miss . '' Mr. Harrison flung the last sentence at Anne as explosively as if he suspected her of some latent design of persuading him to give Ginger up . Anne , however , was beginning to like the queer , fussy , fidgety little man , and before the meal was over they were quite good friends . Mr. Harrison found out about the Improvement Society and was disposed to approve of it . `` That 's right . Go ahead . There 's lots of room for improvement in this settlement ... and in the people too . '' `` Oh , I do n't know , '' flashed Anne . To herself , or to her particular cronies , she might admit that there were some small imperfections , easily removable , in Avonlea and its inhabitants . But to hear a practical outsider like Mr. Harrison saying it was an entirely different thing . `` I think Avonlea is a lovely place ; and the people in it are very nice , too . '' `` I guess you 've got a spice of temper , '' commented Mr. Harrison , surveying the flushed cheeks and indignant eyes opposite him . `` It goes with hair like yours , I reckon . Avonlea is a pretty decent place or I would n't have located here ; but I suppose even you will admit that it has SOME faults ? '' `` I like it all the better for them , '' said loyal Anne . `` I do n't like places or people either that have n't any faults . I think a truly perfect person would be very uninteresting . Mrs. Milton White says she never met a perfect person , but she 's heard enough about one ... her husband 's first wife . Do n't you think it must be very uncomfortable to be married to a man whose first wife was perfect ? ''
`` It would be more uncomfortable to be XXXXX to the perfect wife , '' declared Mr. Harrison , with a sudden and inexplicable warmth .
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