Thank goodness you 've stuck to the Island , Anne . I was afraid Gilbert would insist on rushing off to the ends of the earth when he got through college , and dragging you with him . '' `` If everybody stayed where he was born places would soon be filled up , Mrs. Lynde . '' `` Oh , I 'm not going to argue with you , Anne . I am not a B.A. . What time of the day is the ceremony to be ? '' `` We have decided on noon -- high noon , as the society reporters say . That will give us time to catch the evening train to Glen St. Mary . '' `` And you 'll be married in the parlor ? '' `` No -- not unless it rains . We mean to be married in the orchard -- with the blue sky over us and the sunshine around us . Do you know when and where I 'd like to be married , if I could ? It would be at dawn -- a June dawn , with a glorious sunrise , and roses blooming in the gardens ; and I would slip down and meet Gilbert and we would go together to the heart of the beech woods , -- and there , under the green arches that would be like a splendid cathedral , we would be married . '' Marilla sniffed scornfully and Mrs. Lynde looked shocked . `` But that would be terrible queer , Anne . Why , it would n't really seem legal . And what would Mrs. Harmon Andrews say ? '' `` Ah , there 's the rub , '' sighed Anne . `` There are so many things in life we can not do because of the fear of what Mrs. Harmon Andrews would say . '' Tis true , 't is pity , and pity 't is , 't is true . '
What delightful things we might do were it not for Mrs. Harmon XXXXX ! ''
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