`` It is so delightful -- especially in regard to Mr. Meredith and Rosemary , '' said Anne . `` I 'm as happy in the thought of it , as I was when I was getting married myself . I felt exactly like a bride again last evening when I was up on the hill seeing Rosemary 's trousseau . '' `` They tell me her things are fine enough for a princess , '' said Susan from a shadowy corner where she was cuddling her brown boy . `` I have been invited up to see them also and I intend to go some evening . I understand that Rosemary is to wear white silk and a veil , but Ellen is to be married in navy blue . I have no doubt , Mrs. Dr. dear , that that is very sensible of her , but for my own part I have always felt that if I were ever married I would prefer the white and the veil , as being more bride-like . '' A vision of Susan in `` white and a veil '' presented itself before Anne 's inner vision and was almost too much for her . `` As for Mr. Meredith , '' said Miss Cornelia , `` even his engagement has made a different man of him . He is n't half so dreamy and absent-minded , believe me . I was so relieved when I heard that he had decided to close the manse and let the children visit round while he was away on his honeymoon . If he had left them and old Aunt Martha there alone for a month I should have expected to wake every morning and see the place burned down . '' `` Aunt Martha and Jerry are coming here , '' said Anne . `` Carl is going to Elder Clow 's . I have n't heard where the girls are going . '' `` Oh , I 'm going to take them , '' said Miss Cornelia . `` Of course , I was glad to , but Mary would have given me no peace till I asked them any way . The Ladies ' Aid is going to clean the manse from top to bottom before the bride and groom come back , and Norman Douglas has arranged to fill the cellar with vegetables . Nobody ever saw or heard anything quite like Norman Douglas these days , believe ME . He 's so tickled that he 's going to marry Ellen West after wanting her all his life .
If I was XXXXX -- but then , I 'm not , and if she is satisfied I can very well be .
Anne Cornelia Douglas Ellen Jerry Martha Meredith Susan evening morning