Mr. Boulter says he believes the A.V.I.S. magicked up that storm on purpose . '' `` Well , one thing is certain , '' said Gilbert , laughing , '' ` Observer ' has made Uncle Abe 's reputation as a weather prophet . ` Uncle Abe 's storm ' will go down in local history . It is a most extraordinary coincidence that it should have come on the very day we selected . I actually have a half guilty feeling , as if I really had ` magicked ' it up . We may as well rejoice over the old house being removed , for there 's not much to rejoice over where our young trees are concerned . Not ten of them have escaped . '' `` Ah , well , we 'll just have to plant them over again next spring , '' said Anne philosophically . `` That is one good thing about this world ... there are always sure to be more springs . '' XXV An Avonlea Scandal One blithe June morning , a fortnight after Uncle Abe 's storm , Anne came slowly through the Green Gables yard from the garden , carrying in her hands two blighted stalks of white narcissus . `` Look , Marilla , '' she said sorrowfully , holding up the flowers before the eyes of a grim lady , with her hair coifed in a green gingham apron , who was going into the house with a plucked chicken , `` these are the only buds the storm spared ... and even they are imperfect . I 'm so sorry ... I wanted some for Matthew 's grave . He was always so fond of June lilies . '' `` I kind of miss them myself , '' admitted Marilla , `` though it does n't seem right to lament over them when so many worse things have happened ... all the crops destroyed as well as the fruit . '' `` But people have sown their oats over again , '' said Anne comfortingly , `` and Mr. Harrison says he thinks if we have a good summer they will come out all right though late . And my annuals are all coming up again ... but oh , nothing can replace the June lilies . Poor little Hester Gray will have none either . I went all the way back to her garden last night but there was n't one . I 'm sure she 'll miss them . '' `` I do n't think it 's right for you to say such things , Anne , I really do n't , '' said Marilla severely .
`` Hester Gray has been dead XXXXX thirty years and her spirit is in heaven ... I hope . ''
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