`` Davy , '' said Anne despairingly , `` have n't you sense enough to distinguish between a fairytale and a falsehood ? '' `` Then what is it that sasses back from the Boulter bush ? I want to know , '' insisted Davy . `` When you are a little older , Davy , I 'll explain it all to you . '' The mention of age evidently gave a new turn to Davy 's thoughts for after a few moments of reflection , he whispered solemnly : `` Anne , I 'm going to be married . '' `` When ? '' asked Anne with equal solemnity . `` Oh , not until I 'm grown-up , of course . '' `` Well , that 's a relief , Davy . Who is the lady ? '' `` Stella Fletcher ; she 's in my class at school . And say , Anne , she 's the prettiest girl you ever saw . If I die before I grow up you 'll keep an eye on her , wo n't you ? '' `` Davy Keith , do stop talking such nonsense , '' said Marilla severely . '' 'T is n't nonsense , '' protested Davy in an injured tone . `` She 's my promised wife , and if I was to die she 'd be my promised widow , would n't she ? And she has n't got a soul to look after her except her old grandmother . '' `` Come and have your supper , Anne , '' said Marilla , `` and do n't encourage that child in his absurd talk . '' Chapter XXIII Paul Can not Find the Rock People Life was very pleasant in Avonlea that summer , although Anne , amid all her vacation joys , was haunted by a sense of `` something gone which should be there . '' She would not admit , even in her inmost reflections , that this was caused by Gilbert 's absence .
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