Oh , I 've been listening to you -- and I just wo n't allow it . '' ` Anne , Miss Cornelia is enjoying herself hugely . You know she is . ' `` Well , never mind . You two need n't egg her on like that . Dinner is ready now , and , Gilbert , DO N'T let Mrs. Rachel carve the geese . I know she means to offer to do it because she does n't think you can do it properly . Show her you can . '' `` I ought to be able to . I 've been studying A-B-C-D diagrams of carving for the past month , '' said Gilbert . `` Only do n't talk to me while I 'm doing it , Anne , for if you drive the letters out of my head I 'll be in a worse predicament than you were in old geometry days when the teacher changed them . '' Gilbert carved the geese beautifully . Even Mrs. Rachel had to admit that . And everybody ate of them and enjoyed them . Anne 's first Christmas dinner was a great success and she beamed with housewifely pride . Merry was the feast and long ; and when it was over they gathered around the cheer of the red hearth flame and Captain Jim told them stories until the red sun swung low over Four Winds Harbor , and the long blue shadows of the Lombardies fell across the snow in the lane . `` I must be getting back to the light , '' he said finally . `` I 'll jest have time to walk home before sundown . Thank you for a beautiful Christmas , Mistress Blythe . Bring Master Davy down to the light some night before he goes home .
`` I want to see those stone gods , '' said XXXXX with a relish .
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