With Miss Cornelia the force of condemnation can no further go . '' `` If Cornelia Bryant was sick , it would not be Doctor Dave or the Methodist doctor she would send for , '' sniffed Susan . `` She would have you out of your hard-earned bed in the middle of the night , doctor , dear , if she took a spell of misery , that she would . And then she would likely say your bill was past all reason . But do not mind her , doctor , dear . It takes all kinds of people to make a world . '' No further word came from Leslie for some time . The May days crept away in a sweet succession and the shores of Four Winds Harbor greened and bloomed and purpled . One day in late May Gilbert came home to be met by Susan in the stable yard . `` I am afraid something has upset Mrs. Doctor , doctor , dear , '' she said mysteriously . `` She got a letter this afternoon and since then she has just been walking round the garden and talking to herself . You know it is not good for her to be on her feet so much , doctor , dear . She did not see fit to tell me what her news was , and I am no pry , doctor , dear , and never was , but it is plain something has upset her . And it is not good for her to be upset . '' Gilbert hurried rather anxiously to the garden . Had anything happened at Green Gables ? But Anne , sitting on the rustic seat by the brook , did not look troubled , though she was certainly much excited . Her eyes were their grayest , and scarlet spots burned on her cheeks . `` What has happened , Anne ? '' Anne gave a queer little laugh .
`` I think you 'll hardly believe it when I tell you , XXXXX .
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