Later on , however , he expressed them to Mr. and Mrs. Barry . `` That little redheaded girl they have over at Cuthbert 's is as smart as they make 'em . I tell you she saved that baby 's life , for it would have been too late by the time I got there . She seems to have a skill and presence of mind perfectly wonderful in a child of her age . I never saw anything like the eyes of her when she was explaining the case to me . '' Anne had gone home in the wonderful , white-frosted winter morning , heavy eyed from loss of sleep , but still talking unweariedly to Matthew as they crossed the long white field and walked under the glittering fairy arch of the Lover 's Lane maples . `` Oh , Matthew , is n't it a wonderful morning ? The world looks like something God had just imagined for His own pleasure , does n't it ? Those trees look as if I could blow them away with a breath -- pouf ! I 'm so glad I live in a world where there are white frosts , are n't you ? And I 'm so glad Mrs. Hammond had three pairs of twins after all . If she had n't I might n't have known what to do for Minnie May . I 'm real sorry I was ever cross with Mrs. Hammond for having twins . But , oh , Matthew , I 'm so sleepy . I ca n't go to school . I just know I could n't keep my eyes open and I 'd be so stupid . But I hate to stay home , for Gil -- some of the others will get head of the class , and it 's so hard to get up again -- although of course the harder it is the more satisfaction you have when you do get up , have n't you ? '' `` Well now , I guess you 'll manage all right , '' said Matthew , looking at Anne 's white little face and the dark shadows under her eyes . `` You just go right to bed and have a good sleep . I 'll do all the chores . ''
Anne accordingly went XXXXX bed and slept so long and soundly that it was well on in the white and rosy winter afternoon when she awoke and descended to the kitchen where Marilla , who had arrived home in the meantime , was sitting knitting .
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