And , seeing that Davy could not eat his , Dora ate it for him . Promptly on time Diana appeared with horse and buggy , her rosy face glowing above her raincoat . The good-byes had to be said then somehow . Mrs. Lynde came in from her quarters to give Anne a hearty embrace and warn her to be careful of her health , whatever she did . Marilla , brusque and tearless , pecked Anne 's cheek and said she supposed they 'd hear from her when she got settled . A casual observer might have concluded that Anne 's going mattered very little to her -- unless said observer had happened to get a good look in her eyes . Dora kissed Anne primly and squeezed out two decorous little tears ; but Davy , who had been crying on the back porch step ever since they rose from the table , refused to say good-bye at all . When he saw Anne coming towards him he sprang to his feet , bolted up the back stairs , and hid in a clothes closet , out of which he would not come . His muffled howls were the last sounds Anne heard as she left Green Gables . It rained heavily all the way to Bright River , to which station they had to go , since the branch line train from Carmody did not connect with the boat train . Charlie and Gilbert were on the station platform when they reached it , and the train was whistling . Anne had just time to get her ticket and trunk check , say a hurried farewell to Diana , and hasten on board . She wished she were going back with Diana to Avonlea ; she knew she was going to die of homesickness . And oh , if only that dismal rain would stop pouring down as if the whole world were weeping over summer vanished and joys departed ! Even Gilbert 's presence brought her no comfort , for Charlie Sloane was there , too , and Sloanishness could be tolerated only in fine weather . It was absolutely insufferable in rain . But when the boat steamed out of Charlottetown harbor things took a turn for the better . The rain ceased and the sun began to burst out goldenly now and again between the rents in the clouds , burnishing the gray seas with copper-hued radiance , and lighting up the mists that curtained the Island 's red shores with gleams of gold foretokening a fine day after all . Besides , Charlie Sloane promptly became so seasick that he had to go below , and Anne and Gilbert were left alone on deck . `` I am very glad that all the Sloanes get seasick as soon as they go on water , '' thought Anne mercilessly .
`` I am sure I could n't take my farewell look at the ` ould sod ' XXXXX Charlie standing there pretending to look sentimentally at it , too . ''
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