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"II suppose the and going out hurriedly

The slandered hens were nowhere near the pansy bed and Marilla did not even glance at it Instead, she sat down on the cellar hatch and laughed until she was ashamed of herself

When Anne and Paul reached the stone house that afternoon they found Miss Lavendar and Charlotta the Fourth in the garden, weeding, raking, clipping, and triay and sweet in the frills and laces she loved, dropped her shears and ran joyously to rinned cheerfully

"Welco to the afternoon so it brought you Things that belong together are sure to coether What a lot of trouble that would save some people if they only knew it But they don'tand so they waste beautiful energy ether that DON'T belong And you, Paulwhy, you've grown! You're half a head taller than when you were here before"

"Yes, I've begun to grow like pigweed in the night, as Mrs Lynde says," said Paul, in frank delight over the fact "Grand effect at last Perhaps it is Goodness knows" Paul sighed deeply"I've eaten enough to un, I'll keep on till I'm as tall as father He is six feet, you know, Miss Lavendar"

Yes, Miss Lavendar did know; the flush on her pretty cheeks deepened a little; she took Paul's hand on one side and Anne's on the other and walked to the house in silence

"Is it a good day for the echoes, Miss Lavendar?" queried Paul anxiously The day of his first visit had been too windy for echoes and Paul had been much disappointed

"Yes, just the best kind of a day," answered Miss Lavendar, rousing herself fro to eat I know you two folks didn't walk all the way back here through those beechwoods without getting hungry, and Charlotta the Fourth and I can eat any hour of the daywe have such obliging appetites So we'll just make a raid on the pantry Fortunately it's lovely and full I had a presenti to have company today and Charlotta the Fourth and I prepared"

"I think you are one of the people who always have nice things in their pantry," declared Paul "Grandma's like that too But she doesn't approve of snacks between meals I wonder," he added meditatively, "if I OUGHT to eat them away from home when I know she doesn't approve"