She really felt very sad over it ; but the romance in the idea of that `` closed chapter '' did comfort her a little . Anne spent a fortnight at Echo Lodge early in her vacation and everybody concerned had a good time . She took Miss Lavendar on a shopping expedition to town and persuaded her to buy a new organdy dress ; then came the excitement of cutting and making it together , while the happy Charlotta the Fourth basted and swept up clippings . Miss Lavendar had complained that she could not feel much interest in anything , but the sparkle came back to her eyes over her pretty dress . `` What a foolish , frivolous person I must be , '' she sighed . `` I 'm wholesomely ashamed to think that a new dress ... even it is a forget-me-not organdy ... should exhilarate me so , when a good conscience and an extra contribution to Foreign Missions could n't do it . '' Midway in her visit Anne went home to Green Gables for a day to mend the twins ' stockings and settle up Davy 's accumulated store of questions . In the evening she went down to the shore road to see Paul Irving . As she passed by the low , square window of the Irving sitting room she caught a glimpse of Paul on somebody 's lap ; but the next moment he came flying through the hall . `` Oh , Miss Shirley , '' he cried excitedly , `` you ca n't think what has happened ! Something so splendid . Father is here ... just think of that ! Father is here ! Come right in . Father , this is my beautiful teacher . YOU know , father . '' Stephen Irving came forward to meet Anne with a smile . He was a tall , handsome man of middle age , with iron-gray hair , deep-set , dark blue eyes , and a strong , sad face , splendidly modeled about chin and brow . Just the face for a hero of romance , Anne thought with a thrill of intense satisfaction . It was so disappointing to meet someone who ought to be a hero and find him bald or stooped , or otherwise lacking in manly beauty .
Anne would have thought it dreadful if the object XXXXX Miss Lavendar 's romance had not looked the part .
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