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Miss Josepine Remembers the Anne-girl

           ShecouldnotcometoGreenGablesanditwasrarelyAnnecouldgettoOrchardSlope,fortheoldwaythroughtheHauntedWoodwasimpassablewithdrifts,andthelongwayoverthefrozenLakeofShiningWaterswasalmostasbad.RubyGilliswassleepinginthewhite-heapedgraveyard;JaneAndrewswasteachingaschoolonwesternprairies.Gilbert,tobesure,wasstillfaithful,andwadeduptoGreenGableseverypossibleevening.ButGilbert’svisitswerenotwhattheyoncewere.Annealmostdreadedthem.ItwasverydisconcertingtolookupinthemidstofasuddensilenceandfindGilbert’shazeleyesfixeduponherwithaquiteunmistakableexpressionintheirgravedepths;anditwasstillmoredisconcertingtofindherselfblushinghotlyanduncomfortablyunderhisgaze,justasifjustasifwell,itwasveryembarrassing.AnnewishedherselfbackatPatty’sPlace,wheretherewasalwayssomebodyelseabouttotaketheedgeoffadelicatesituation.AtGreenGablesMarillawentpromptlytoMrs.Lynde’sdomainwhenGilbertcameandinsistedontakingthetwinswithher.ThesignificanceofthiswasunmistakableandAnnewasinahelplessfuryoverit.

           Davy,however,wasperfectlyhappy.Hereveledingettingoutinthemorningandshovelingoutthepathstothewellandhenhouse.HegloriedintheChristmas-tidedelicacieswhichMarillaandMrs.

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