`` 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 Andrews ! '' `` By times , Anne , I do n't feel quite sure that I understand you altogether , '' complained Mrs. Lynde . `` Anne was always romantic , you know , '' said Marilla apologetically . `` Well , married life will most likely cure her of that , '' Mrs. Rachel responded comfortingly . Anne laughed and slipped away to Lover 's Lane , where Gilbert found her ; and neither of them seemed to entertain much fear , or hope , that their married life would cure them of romance . The Echo Lodge people came over the next week , and Green Gables buzzed with the delight of them . Miss Lavendar had changed so little that the three years since her last Island visit might have been a watch in the night ; but Anne gasped with amazement over Paul . Could this splendid six feet of manhood be the little Paul of Avonlea schooldays ? `` You really make me feel old , Paul , '' said Anne . `` Why , I have to look up to you ! '' `` You 'll never grow old , Teacher , '' said Paul . `` You are one of the fortunate mortals who have found and drunk from the Fountain of Youth , -- you and Mother Lavendar . See here ! When you 're married I WO N'T call you Mrs. Blythe . To me you 'll always be ` Teacher ' -- the teacher of the best lessons I ever learned . I want to show you something . '' The `` something '' was a pocketbook full of poems . Paul had put some of his beautiful fancies into verse , and magazine editors had not been as unappreciative as they are sometimes supposed to be .
Anne read XXXXX 's poems with real delight .
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