`` I 'm real glad of that . They said I did at home , but I thought likely they just wanted to aggravate me . I do n't want no Yankee accent . Not that I 've a word to say against the Yankees , Miss Shirley , ma'am . They 're real civilized . But give me old P.E. Island every time . '' Paul spent his first fortnight with his grandmother Irving in Avonlea . Anne was there to meet him when he came , and found him wild with eagerness to get to the shore -- Nora and the Golden Lady and the Twin Sailors would be there . He could hardly wait to eat his supper . Could he not see Nora 's elfin face peering around the point , watching for him wistfully ? But it was a very sober Paul who came back from the shore in the twilight . `` Did n't you find your Rock People ? '' asked Anne . Paul shook his chestnut curls sorrowfully . `` The Twin Sailors and the Golden Lady never came at all , '' he said . `` Nora was there -- but Nora is not the same , teacher . She is changed . '' `` Oh , Paul , it is you who are changed , '' said Anne . `` You have grown too old for the Rock People . They like only children for playfellows .
I am afraid the Twin XXXXX will never again come to you in the pearly , enchanted boat with the sail of moonshine ; and the Golden Lady will play no more for you on her golden harp .
Avonlea Lady Nora P.E. Sailors Shirley Yankee Yankees playfellows twilight