`` The Twin Sailors and the Golden Lady never came at all , '' he said . `` Nora was there -- but Nora is not the same , teacher . She is changed . '' `` Oh , Paul , it is you who are changed , '' said Anne . `` You have grown too old for the Rock People . They like only children for playfellows . I am afraid the Twin Sailors will never again come to you in the pearly , enchanted boat with the sail of moonshine ; and the Golden Lady will play no more for you on her golden harp . Even Nora will not meet you much longer . You must pay the penalty of growing-up , Paul . You must leave fairyland behind you . '' `` You two talk as much foolishness as ever you did , '' said old Mrs. Irving , half-indulgently , half-reprovingly . `` Oh , no , we do n't , '' said Anne , shaking her head gravely . `` We are getting very , very wise , and it is such a pity . We are never half so interesting when we have learned that language is given us to enable us to conceal our thoughts . '' `` But it is n't -- it is given us to exchange our thoughts , '' said Mrs. Irving seriously . She had never heard of Tallyrand and did not understand epigrams . Anne spent a fortnight of halcyon days at Echo Lodge in the golden prime of August . While there she incidentally contrived to hurry Ludovic Speed in his leisurely courting of Theodora Dix , as related duly in another chronicle of her history . -LRB- 1 -RRB- Arnold Sherman , an elderly friend of the Irvings , was there at the same time , and added not a little to the general pleasantness of life . -LRB- 1 Chronicles of Avonlea . -RRB-
`` What a nice play-time this has been , '' said XXXXX .
Anne Avonlea Dix Irving Irvings Lady Nora Sailors Tallyrand playfellows