Montgomery Lucy Maud. Anne of Green Gables

Webster’s Thesaurus Edition for PSAT, SAT, GRE, LSAT, GMAT, and AP English Test Preparation.Mrs. Rachel Lynde lived just where the Avonlea main road dipped down into
a little hollow, fringed with alders and ladies’ eardrops and traversed by a brook
that had its source away back in the woods of the old Cuthbert place; it was
reputed to be an intricate, headlong brook in its earlier course through those
woods, with dark secrets of pool and cascade; but by the time it reached Lynde’s
Hollow it was a quiet, well-conducted little stream, for not even a brook could
run past Mrs. Rachel Lynde’s door without due regard for decency and decorum;
it probably was conscious that Mrs. Rachel was sitting at her window, keeping a
sharp eye on everything that passed, from brooks and children up, and that if
she noticed anything odd or out of place she would never rest until she had
ferreted out the whys and wherefores thereof.
There are plenty of people in Avonlea and out of it, who can attend closely to
their neighbor’s business by dint of neglecting their own; but Mrs. Rachel Lynde
was one of those capable creatures who can manage their own concerns and
those of other folks into the bargain. She was a notable housewife; her work was
always done and well done; she ran the Sewing Circle, helped run the Sundayschool,
and was the strongest prop of the Church Aid Society and Foreign