Captain Jim shook his head sagely . `` It 's a dear story , '' said Anne , feeling that for once she had got enough romance to satisfy her . `` How long did they live here ? '' `` Fifteen years . I ran off to sea soon after they were married , like the young scalawag I was . But every time I come back from a voyage I 'd head for here , even before I went home , and tell Mistress Selwyn all about it . Fifteen happy years ! They had a sort of talent for happiness , them two . Some folks are like that , if you 've noticed . They COULD N'T be unhappy for long , no matter what happened . They quarrelled once or twice , for they was both high-sperrited . But Mistress Selwyn says to me once , says she , laughing in that pretty way of hers , ' I felt dreadful when John and I quarrelled , but underneath it all I was very happy because I had such a nice husband to quarrel with and make it up with . ' Then they moved to Charlottetown , and Ned Russell bought this house and brought his bride here . They were a gay young pair , as I remember them . Miss Elizabeth Russell was Alec 's sister . She came to live with them a year or so later , and she was a creature of mirth , too . The walls of this house must be sorter SOAKED with laughing and good times . You 're the third bride I 've seen come here , Mistress Blythe -- and the handsomest . '' Captain Jim contrived to give his sunflower compliment the delicacy of a violet , and Anne wore it proudly . She was looking her best that night , with the bridal rose on her cheeks and the love-light in her eyes ; even gruff old Doctor Dave gave her an approving glance , and told his wife , as they drove home together , that that red-headed wife of the boy 's was something of a beauty .
`` I must be getting back to the light , '' announced Captain XXXXX .
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