Leslie laid her splendid golden head against Anne 's knee . `` Anyhow , I have YOU , '' she said . `` Life ca n't be altogether empty with such a friend . Anne , pat my head -- just as if I were a little girl -- MOTHER me a bit -- and let me tell you while my stubborn tongue is loosed a little just what you and your comradeship have meant to me since that night I met you on the rock shore . '' CHAPTER 34 THE SHIP O'DREAMS COMES TO HARBOR One morning , when a windy golden sunrise was billowing over the gulf in waves of light , a certain weary stork flew over the bar of Four Winds Harbor on his way from the Land of Evening Stars . Under his wing was tucked a sleepy , starry-eyed , little creature . The stork was tired , and he looked wistfully about him . He knew he was somewhere near his destination , but he could not yet see it . The big , white light-house on the red sandstone cliff had its good points ; but no stork possessed of any gumption would leave a new , velvet baby there . An old gray house , surrounded by willows , in a blossomy brook valley , looked more promising , but did not seem quite the thing either . The staring green abode further on was manifestly out of the question . Then the stork brightened up . He had caught sight of the very place -- a little white house nestled against a big , whispering firwood , with a spiral of blue smoke winding up from its kitchen chimney -- a house which just looked as if it were meant for babies . The stork gave a sigh of satisfaction , and softly alighted on the ridge-pole . Half an hour later Gilbert ran down the hall and tapped on the spare-room door . A drowsy voice answered him and in a moment Marilla 's pale , scared face peeped out from behind the door . `` Marilla , Anne has sent me to tell you that a certain young gentleman has arrived here . He has n't brought much luggage with him , but he evidently means to stay . '' `` For pity 's sake ! '' said Marilla blankly .
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