I suppose people of that kind serve some useful purpose in society , but I must say I do n't know what it is any more than I know the use of thistles . Is Josie going to teach ? '' `` No , she is going back to Queen 's next year . So are Moody Spurgeon and Charlie Sloane . Jane and Ruby are going to teach and they have both got schools -- Jane at Newbridge and Ruby at some place up west . '' `` Gilbert Blythe is going to teach too , is n't he ? '' `` Yes '' -- briefly . `` What a nice-looking fellow he is , '' said Marilla absently . `` I saw him in church last Sunday and he seemed so tall and manly . He looks a lot like his father did at the same age . John Blythe was a nice boy . We used to be real good friends , he and I. People called him my beau . '' Anne looked up with swift interest . `` Oh , Marilla -- and what happened ? -- why did n't you -- '' `` We had a quarrel . I would n't forgive him when he asked me to . I meant to , after awhile -- but I was sulky and angry and I wanted to punish him first . He never came back -- the Blythes were all mighty independent . But I always felt -- rather sorry . I 've always kind of wished I 'd forgiven him when I had the chance . ''
`` So you 've had a bit of romance in your life , too , '' said XXXXX softly .
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