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Chapter 4

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they drove slowly through, he said, to nobody in particular, as it seemed,

“Little Jerry was here this morning and I told him I guessed I’d hire him for the summer.”

Marilla made no reply, but she hit the unlucky sorrel such a vicious clip with the whip that the fat mare, unused to such treatment, whizzed indignantly down the lane at an alarming pace. Marilla looked back once as the buggy bounced along and saw (begin subscript)^ (end subscript)(begin superscript)that aggravating(end superscript) Matthew leaning over the gate, looking wistfully after them.


TEXT ANNOTATION

"Jerry Buote" and "the Creek": "Buote" (pronounced Bee-YOT) is a well-known Acadian French surname on the North Shore of P.E.I. even today; "the Creek" (pronounced Crick) is one of the local names for North Rustico, P.E.I.