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What a lovely timeweve had this afternoon!
I even stopped to watch the willows
upside down in the water as wealways used to do. The Anne-who-used-to-be
waswaiting there for her.
We should havefound the gold before this.
I love all
those magnificent trees on the lawn. Mary was home to her now and had been home
for many years butAvonlea had something that Glen St.
Youve kept your
complexion very well, said Mrs. No, said Owaza, but I cannot dispose of it this
side ofthe coast.
You have paid a heavy price for your folly, said
theape-man.
You neednt be a mite afraid to sleep inthat bed.
He was a wicked
man, shesaid, but I would not wish even the wickedest such a fateas that.
We
should havefound the gold before this.
Oh, well, I suppose there isnt much to
keep him in Avonlea now,since his mother went last year.
Do you remember how we
signalled to each other fromour windows with candles?
You neednt be a mite
afraid to sleep inthat bed. But our Big Bwana would not run from him, said
Usula,proudly. Yes, said Owaza, but I shall pay them well. But he could not
have taken it alone, said Usula.
He was a wicked man, shesaid, but I would not
wish even the wickedest such a fateas that. I even stopped to watch the willows
upside down in the water as wealways used to do.
Of course you never had much
colour to lose. She and Gilbert had come up for the funeral of his father and
Annehad stayed for a week. They had marched for almost two days when the chief
sent oneof his own men forward with a message.
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