When I said to him , says I , ` Tom , can I go to Miss Shirley 's wedding ? I mean to go anyhow , but I 'd like to have your consent , ' he just says , ` Suit yourself , Charlotta , and you 'll suit me . ' That 's a real pleasant kind of husband to have , Miss Shirley , ma'am . '' Philippa and her Reverend Jo arrived at Green Gables the day before the wedding . Anne and Phil had a rapturous meeting which presently simmered down to a cosy , confidential chat over all that had been and was about to be . `` Queen Anne , you 're as queenly as ever . I 've got fearfully thin since the babies came . I 'm not half so good-looking ; but I think Jo likes it . There 's not such a contrast between us , you see . And oh , it 's perfectly magnificent that you 're going to marry Gilbert . Roy Gardner would n't have done at all , at all . I can see that now , though I was horribly disappointed at the time . You know , Anne , you did treat Roy very badly . '' `` He has recovered , I understand , '' smiled Anne . `` Oh , yes . He is married and his wife is a sweet little thing and they 're perfectly happy . Everything works together for good . Jo and the Bible say that , and they are pretty good authorities . '' `` Are Alec and Alonzo married yet ? '' `` Alec is , but Alonzo is n't .
How those dear old days at Patty 's Place come back when I 'm talking to you , XXXXX !
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