Mrs.Allan has been to see me fourteen times.

Isn't that something to be proud of, Marilla?
When a minister's wife has so many claims on her time! She is such a cheerful person to have visit you, too.

She never tells you it's your own fault and she hopes you'll be a better girl on account of it.

Mrs.Lynde always told me that when she came to see me; and she said it in a kind of way that made me feel she might hope I'd be a better girl but didn't really believe I would.

Even Josie Pye came to see me.