She had decided that it would be best to mention Dick Moore occasionally as an accepted fact , and not give undue morbidness to the subject by avoiding it . She was right , for Leslie 's air of constraint suddenly vanished . Evidently she had been wondering how much Anne knew of the conditions of her life and was relieved that no explanations were needed . She allowed her cap and jacket to be taken , and sat down with a girlish snuggle in the big armchair by Magog . She was dressed prettily and carefully , with the customary touch of color in the scarlet geranium at her white throat . Her beautiful hair gleamed like molten gold in the warm firelight . Her sea-blue eyes were full of soft laughter and allurement . For the moment , under the influence of the little house of dreams , she was a girl again -- a girl forgetful of the past and its bitterness . The atmosphere of the many loves that had sanctified the little house was all about her ; the companionship of two healthy , happy , young folks of her own generation encircled her ; she felt and yielded to the magic of her surroundings -- Miss Cornelia and Captain Jim would scarcely have recognized her ; Anne found it hard to believe that this was the cold , unresponsive woman she had met on the shore -- this animated girl who talked and listened with the eagerness of a starved soul . And how hungrily Leslie 's eyes looked at the bookcases between the windows ! `` Our library is n't very extensive , '' said Anne , `` but every book in it is a FRIEND . We 've picked our books up through the years , here and there , never buying one until we had first read it and knew that it belonged to the race of Joseph . '' Leslie laughed -- beautiful laughter that seemed akin to all the mirth that had echoed through the little house in the vanished years . `` I have a few books of father 's -- not many , '' she said . `` I 've read them until I know them almost by heart . I do n't get many books . There 's a circulating library at the Glen store -- but I do n't think the committee who pick the books for Mr. Parker know what books are of Joseph 's race -- or perhaps they do n't care . It was so seldom I got one I really liked that I gave up getting any . '' `` I hope you 'll look on our bookshelves as your own , '' said Anne . `` You are entirely and wholeheartedly welcome to the loan of any book on them . ''
`` You are setting a feast of fat things before me , '' said XXXXX , joyously .
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