Chapter 18 Summary

Nearly all the men, and a good many of the women including Marilla, having traveled thirty miles to Charlottetown to see the Premier, Anne and Matthew were left to enjoy each others company at Green Gables. Dropping her candle and plate in surprise, Anne is startled by the white-faced Diana. In a panic, she explains that her baby sister Minnie May is awfully sick with the croup and there is no one to help, her parents being away at town. Matthew goes to fetch the doctor while Anne, having cared for Mrs. Hammond's twins three times over, fetches the ipecac bottle and hastens to the Barry's to care for the child. Matthew came much delayed, having gone all the way to Spencervale to find a doctor not in town for the Premier. The doctor told the Barrys plainly that the little redheaded girl...