And now do you feel as if you could say your prayers , Davy ? '' `` Oh , yes , '' said Davy , eagerly wriggling down on his knees , `` I can say them now all right . I ai n't scared now to say ` if I should die before I wake , ' like I was when I was wanting to say that word . '' Probably Anne and Diana did empty out their souls to each other that night , but no record of their confidences has been preserved . They both looked as fresh and bright-eyed at breakfast as only youth can look after unlawful hours of revelry and confession . There had been no snow up to this time , but as Diana crossed the old log bridge on her homeward way the white flakes were beginning to flutter down over the fields and woods , russet and gray in their dreamless sleep . Soon the far-away slopes and hills were dim and wraith-like through their gauzy scarfing , as if pale autumn had flung a misty bridal veil over her hair and was waiting for her wintry bridegroom . So they had a white Christmas after all , and a very pleasant day it was . In the forenoon letters and gifts came from Miss Lavendar and Paul ; Anne opened them in the cheerful Green Gables kitchen , which was filled with what Davy , sniffing in ecstasy , called `` pretty smells . '' `` Miss Lavendar and Mr. Irving are settled in their new home now , '' reported Anne . `` I am sure Miss Lavendar is perfectly happy -- I know it by the general tone of her letter -- but there 's a note from Charlotta the Fourth . She does n't like Boston at all , and she is fearfully homesick . Miss Lavendar wants me to go through to Echo Lodge some day while I 'm home and light a fire to air it , and see that the cushions are n't getting moldy . I think I 'll get Diana to go over with me next week , and we can spend the evening with Theodora Dix . I want to see Theodora . By the way , is Ludovic Speed still going to see her ? '' `` They say so , '' said Marilla , `` and he 's likely to continue it . Folks have given up expecting that that courtship will ever arrive anywhere . '' `` I 'd hurry him up a bit , if I was Theodora , that 's what , '' said Mrs. Lynde . And there is not the slightest doubt but that she would .
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