rake

When Miss Harris returned with the rake and cheerfully inquired: “Anything else tonight, Mr.

“Oh, certainly--certainly--just as you say,” stammered unhappy Matthew, seizing the rake and making for the door.

When he reached home he hid the rake in the tool house, but the sugar he carried in to Marilla.

Where your calling is more open to criticism is when you pry into the secrets of private individuals, when you rake up family matters which are better hidden, and when you incidentally waste the time of men who are more busy than yourself.