Mrs. Harmon Andrews told me when I came home that I would n't likely find married life as much better than teaching as I expected . Evidently Mrs. Harmon is of Hamlet 's opinion that it may be better to bear the ills that we have than fly to others that we know not of . '' Anne 's laugh , as blithe and irresistible as of yore , with an added note of sweetness and maturity , rang through the garret . Marilla in the kitchen below , compounding blue plum preserve , heard it and smiled ; then sighed to think how seldom that dear laugh would echo through Green Gables in the years to come . Nothing in her life had ever given Marilla so much happiness as the knowledge that Anne was going to marry Gilbert Blythe ; but every joy must bring with it its little shadow of sorrow . During the three Summerside years Anne had been home often for vacations and weekends ; but , after this , a bi-annual visit would be as much as could be hoped for . `` You need n't let what Mrs. Harmon says worry you , '' said Diana , with the calm assurance of the four-years matron . `` Married life has its ups and downs , of course . You must n't expect that everything will always go smoothly . But I can assure you , Anne , that it 's a happy life , when you 're married to the right man . '' Anne smothered a smile . Diana 's airs of vast experience always amused her a little . `` I daresay I 'll be putting them on too , when I 've been married four years , '' she thought . `` Surely my sense of humor will preserve me from it , though . '' `` Is it settled yet where you are going to live ? '' asked Diana , cuddling Small Anne Cordelia with the inimitable gesture of motherhood which always sent through Anne 's heart , filled with sweet , unuttered dreams and hopes , a thrill that was half pure pleasure and half a strange , ethereal pain . `` Yes . That was what I wanted to tell you when I ` phoned to you to come down today . By the way , I ca n't realize that we really have telephones in Avonlea now . It sounds so preposterously up-to-date and modernish for this darling , leisurely old place . ''
`` We can thank the A. V. I. S. for them , '' said XXXXX .
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