`` After that I suppose I got used to him . He 's taken a great notion to farming lately , and wants me to let him try running the farm next year . I may , for Mr. Barry does n't think he 'll want to rent it much longer , and some new arrangement will have to be made . '' `` Well , you certainly have a lovely day for your wedding , Anne , '' said Diana , as she slipped a voluminous apron over her silken array . `` You could n't have had a finer one if you 'd ordered it from Eaton 's . '' `` Indeed , there 's too much money going out of this Island to that same Eaton 's , '' said Mrs. Lynde indignantly . She had strong views on the subject of octopus-like department stores , and never lost an opportunity of airing them . `` And as for those catalogues of theirs , they 're the Avonlea girls ' Bible now , that 's what . They pore over them on Sundays instead of studying the Holy Scriptures . '' `` Well , they 're splendid to amuse children with , '' said Diana . `` Fred and Small Anne look at the pictures by the hour . '' '' I amused ten children without the aid of Eaton 's catalogue , '' said Mrs. Rachel severely . `` Come , you two , do n't quarrel over Eaton 's catalogue , '' said Anne gaily . `` This is my day of days , you know . I 'm so happy I want every one else to be happy , too . '' `` I 'm sure I hope your happiness will last , child , '' sighed Mrs. Rachel . She did hope it truly , and believed it , but she was afraid it was in the nature of a challenge to Providence to flaunt your happiness too openly . Anne , for her own good , must be toned down a trifle . But it was a happy and beautiful bride who came down the old , homespun-carpeted stairs that September noon -- the first bride of Green Gables , slender and shining-eyed , in the mist of her maiden veil , with her arms full of roses . Gilbert , waiting for her in the hall below , looked up at her with adoring eyes .
She was his at last , this evasive , long-sought XXXXX , won after years of patient waiting .
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