Аня с острова Принца Эдуарда

Love Takes Up the Glass of Time

           Shecoulddogood,ifnotnoble,workasateacher;andthesuccessherlittlesketcheswerebeginningtomeetwithincertaineditorialsanctumsauguredwellforherbuddingliterarydreams.ButbutAnnepickeduphergreendressandsighedagain.

           WhenGilbertcamethenextafternoonhefoundAnnewaitingforhim,freshasthedawnandfairasastar,afterallthegaietyoftheprecedingnight.Sheworeagreendressnottheoneshehadworntothewedding,butanoldonewhichGilberthadtoldherataRedmondreceptionhelikedespecially.Itwasjusttheshadeofgreenthatbroughtouttherichtintsofherhair,andthestarrygrayofhereyesandtheiris-likedelicacyofherskin.Gilbert,glancingathersidewaysastheywalkedalongashadowywoodpath,thoughtshehadneverlookedsolovely.Anne,glancingsidewaysatGilbert,nowandthen,thoughthowmucholderhelookedsincehisillness.Itwasasifhehadputboyhoodbehindhimforever.

           Thedaywasbeautifulandthewaywasbeautiful.AnnewasalmostsorrywhentheyreachedHesterGray’sgarden,andsatdownontheoldbench.Butitwasbeautifulthere,tooasbeautifulasithadbeenonthefarawaydayoftheGoldenPicnic,whenDianaandJaneandPriscillaandshehadfoundit.Thenithadbeenlovelywithnarcissusandviolets;nowgoldenrodhadkindleditsfairytorchesinthecornersandastersdotteditbluely.

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