There were plans to be made and many things to be thought over . When Leslie had got the information she wanted she went home . Anne wanted to walk part of the way with her . `` Better not , '' said Leslie curtly . `` Today 's rain has made the ground damp . Good-night . '' `` Have I lost my friend ? '' said Anne with a sigh . `` If the operation is successful and Dick Moore finds himself again Leslie will retreat into some remote fastness of her soul where none of us can ever find her . '' `` Perhaps she will leave him , '' said Gilbert . `` Leslie would never do that , Gilbert . Her sense of duty is very strong . She told me once that her Grandmother West always impressed upon her the fact that when she assumed any responsibility she must never shirk it , no matter what the consequences might be . That is one of her cardinal rules . I suppose it 's very old-fashioned . '' `` Do n't be bitter , Anne-girl . You know you do n't think it old-fashioned -- you know you have the very same idea of sacredness of assumed responsibilities yourself . And you are right . Shirking responsibilities is the curse of our modern life -- the secret of all the unrest and discontent that is seething in the world . '' `` Thus saith the preacher , '' mocked Anne .
But under the mockery she felt that he was XXXXX ; and she was very sick at heart for Leslie .
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