And I am thankful to be back , Mrs. Doctor , dear . Matilda 's leg was broken and no mistake , but her tongue was not . She would talk the legs off an iron pot , that she would , Mrs. Doctor , dear , though I grieve to say it of my own sister . She was always a great talker and yet she was the first of our family to get married . She really did not care much about marrying James Clow , but she could not bear to disoblige him . Not but what James is a good man -- the only fault I have to find with him is that he always starts in to say grace with such an unearthly groan , Mrs. Doctor , dear . It always frightens my appetite clear away . And speaking of getting married , Mrs. Doctor , dear , is it true that Cornelia Bryant is going to be married to Marshall Elliott ? '' `` Yes , quite true , Susan . '' `` Well , Mrs. Doctor , dear , it does NOT seem to me fair . Here is me , who never said a word against the men , and I can not get married nohow . And there is Cornelia Bryant , who is never done abusing them , and all she has to do is to reach out her hand and pick one up , as it were . It is a very strange world , Mrs. Doctor , dear . '' `` There 's another world , you know , Susan . '' `` Yes , '' said Susan with a heavy sigh , `` but , Mrs. Doctor , dear , there is neither marrying nor giving in marriage there . '' CHAPTER 39 CAPTAIN JIM CROSSES THE BAR One day in late September Owen Ford 's book came at last . Captain Jim had gone faithfully to the Glen post office every day for a month , expecting it . This day he had not gone , and Leslie brought his copy home with hers and Anne 's . `` We 'll take it down to him this evening , '' said Anne , excited as a schoolgirl . The long walk to the Point on that clear , beguiling evening along the red harbor road was very pleasant .
Then the sun dropped down behind the western hills into some valley that must have been full XXXXX lost sunsets , and at the same instant the big light flashed out on the white tower of the point .
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