Do you think I 'd let you go over to that lonely , sad place again ? '' `` Thank you , dear . I meant to ask you if I might stay with you . I did n't want to go back there -- it would seem like going back into the chill and dreariness of the old life again . Anne , Anne , what a friend you 've been to me -- ' a good , sweet woman -- true and faithful and to be depended on ' -- Captain Jim summed you up . '' `` He said ` women , ' not ` woman , ' '' smiled Anne . `` Perhaps Captain Jim sees us both through the rose-colored spectacles of his love for us . But we can try to live up to his belief in us , at least . '' `` Do you remember , Anne , '' said Leslie slowly , `` that I once said -- that night we met on the shore -- that I hated my good looks ? I did -- then . It always seemed to me that if I had been homely Dick would never have thought of me . I hated my beauty because it had attracted him , but now -- oh , I 'm glad that I have it . It 's all I have to offer Owen , -- his artist soul delights in it . I feel as if I do not come to him quite empty-handed . '' `` Owen loves your beauty , Leslie . Who would not ? But it 's foolish of you to say or think that that is all you bring him . HE will tell you that -- I need n't . And now I must lock up . I expected Susan back tonight , but she has not come . ''
`` Oh , yes , here I am , Mrs. Doctor , dear , '' said XXXXX , entering unexpectedly from the kitchen , `` and puffing like a hen drawing rails at that !
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