The night winds were beginning their wild dances beyond the bar and the fishing hamlet across the harbor was gemmed with lights as Anne and Gilbert drove up the poplar lane . The door of the little house opened , and a warm glow of firelight flickered out into the dusk . Gilbert lifted Anne from the buggy and led her into the garden , through the little gate between the ruddy-tipped firs , up the trim , red path to the sandstone step . `` Welcome home , '' he whispered , and hand in hand they stepped over the threshold of their house of dreams . CHAPTER 6 CAPTAIN JIM `` Old Doctor Dave '' and `` Mrs. Doctor Dave '' had come down to the little house to greet the bride and groom . Doctor Dave was a big , jolly , white-whiskered old fellow , and Mrs. Doctor was a trim rosy-cheeked , silver-haired little lady who took Anne at once to her heart , literally and figuratively . `` I 'm so glad to see you , dear . You must be real tired . We 've got a bite of supper ready , and Captain Jim brought up some trout for you . Captain Jim -- where are you ? Oh , he 's slipped out to see to the horse , I suppose . Come upstairs and take your things off . '' Anne looked about her with bright , appreciative eyes as she followed Mrs. Doctor Dave upstairs . She liked the appearance of her new home very much . It seemed to have the atmosphere of Green Gables and the flavor of her old traditions . `` I think I would have found Miss Elizabeth Russell a ` kindred spirit , ' '' she murmured when she was alone in her room . There were two windows in it ; the dormer one looked out on the lower harbor and the sand-bar and the Four Winds light . `` A magic casement opening on the foam Of perilous seas in fairy lands forlorn , '' quoted Anne softly . The gable window gave a view of a little harvest-hued valley through which a brook ran . Half a mile up the brook was the only house in sight -- an old , rambling , gray one surrounded by huge willows through which its windows peered , like shy , seeking eyes , into the dusk .
XXXXX wondered who lived there ; they would be her nearest neighbors and she hoped they would be nice .
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