Аня з острова Принца Едуарда

Deals with Weddings

           Ofcourse,whenhemetyouhevowedtomethathehadneverreallylovedbeforethatthepreviousaffairshadbeenmerelyboyishfancies.ButIdon’tthinkyouneedworry.”

           Annedecidednottoworry.Herfeelingswereamixtureofreliefandresentment.Royhadcertainlytoldhershewastheonlyonehehadeverloved.Nodoubthebelievedit.Butitwasacomforttofeelthatshehadnot,inalllikelihood,ruinedhislife.Therewereothergoddesses,andRoy,accordingtoDorothy,mustneedsbeworshippingatsomeshrine.Nevertheless,lifewasstrippedofseveralmoreillusions,andAnnebegantothinkdrearilythatitseemedratherbare.

           Shecamedownfromtheporchgableontheeveningofherreturnwithasorrowfulface.

           “WhathashappenedtotheoldSnowQueen,Marilla?”

           “Oh,Iknewyou’dfeelbadoverthat,”saidMarilla.“Ifeltbadmyself.ThattreewasthereeversinceIwasayounggirl.ItblewdowninthebiggalewehadinMarch.Itwasrottenatthecore.”

           “I’llmissitso,”grievedAnne.“Theporchgabledoesn’tseemthesameroomwithoutit.I’llneverlookfromitswindowagainwithoutasenseofloss.Andoh,InevercamehometoGreenGablesbeforethatDianawasn’theretowelcomeme.”

           “Dianahassomethingelsetothinkofjustnow,”saidMrs.Lyndesignificantly.

           “Well,tellmealltheAvonleanews,”saidAnne,sittingdownontheporchsteps,wheretheeveningsunshinefelloverherhairinafinegoldenrain.

           “Thereisn’tmuchnewsexceptwhatwe’vewroteyou,”saidMrs.Lynde.

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