Lynde

Thomas Lynde - a meek little man whom Avonlea people called "Rachel Lynde's husband" - was sowing his late turnip seed on the hill field beyond the barn.

"I can never do that," said Anne determinedly and darkly. "You can punish me in any way you like, Marilla. You can shut me up in a dark, damp dungeon inhabited by snakes and toads and feed me only on bread and water and I shall not complain. But I cannot ask Mrs. Lynde to forgive me."

I can't tell Mrs. Lynde I'm sorry I said those things to her. How can I? I'm not sorry.

It's a good thing Rachel Lynde got a calling down; she's a meddlesome old gossip.

Mrs. Lynde says, 'Blessed are they who expect nothing for they shall not be disappointed.' But I think it would be worse to expect nothing than to be disappointed.

Marilla felt deserted by everyone. She could not even go to Mrs. Lynde for advice.

Mrs. Lynde says Canada is going to the dogs the way things are being run in Ottawa.

Mrs. Lynde says the minister's wife over at Newbridge sets a very bad example because she dresses so fashionably.

You know there are some people, like Matthew and Mrs. Allan that you can love right off without any trouble. And there are others, like Mrs. Lynde, that you have to try very hard to love.

Mrs. Lynde says they've never had a female teacher in Avonlea before and she thinks it is a dangerous innovation.