All were silent for a space . The little house of dreams added another poignant and unforgettable moment to its store of memories . `` I must be going now , '' said Captain Jim slowly at last . He took up his hat and looked lingeringly about the room . `` Good night , all of you , '' he said , as he went out . Anne , pierced by the unusual wistfulness of his farewell , ran to the door after him . `` Come back soon , Captain Jim , '' she called , as he passed through the little gate hung between the firs . `` Ay , ay , '' he called cheerily back to her . But Captain Jim had sat by the old fireside of the house of dreams for the last time . Anne went slowly back to the others . `` It 's so -- so pitiful to think of him going all alone down to that lonely Point , '' she said . `` And there is no one to welcome him there . '' `` Captain Jim is such good company for others that one ca n't imagine him being anything but good company for himself , '' said Owen . `` But he must often be lonely . There was a touch of the seer about him tonight -- he spoke as one to whom it had been given to speak . Well , I must be going , too . '' Anne and Gilbert discreetly melted away ; but when Owen had gone Anne returned , to find Leslie standing by the hearth . `` Oh , Leslie -- I know -- and I 'm so glad , dear , '' she said , putting her arms about her . `` Anne , my happiness frightens me , '' whispered Leslie . `` It seems too great to be real -- I 'm afraid to speak of it -- to think of it .
It seems XXXXX me that it must just be another dream of this house of dreams and it will vanish when I leave here . ''
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