Anne sat looking at him , pale and aghast . She had never thought of this ! And yet -- how was it she had never thought of it ? It now seemed a natural and inevitable thing . She wondered at her own blindness . But -- but -- things like this did not happen in Four Winds . Elsewhere in the world human passions might set at defiance human conventions and laws -- but not HERE , surely . Leslie had kept summer boarders off and on for ten years , and nothing like this had happened . But perhaps they had not been like Owen Ford ; and the vivid , LIVING Leslie of this summer was not the cold , sullen girl of other years . Oh , SOMEBODY should have thought of this ! Why had n't Miss Cornelia thought of it ? Miss Cornelia was always ready enough to sound the alarm where men were concerned . Anne felt an unreasonable resentment against Miss Cornelia . Then she gave a little inward groan . No matter who was to blame the mischief was done . And Leslie -- what of Leslie ? It was for Leslie Anne felt most concerned . `` Does Leslie know this , Mr. Ford ? '' she asked quietly . `` No -- no , -- unless she has guessed it .
You surely do n't think I 'd be cad and scoundrel enough XXXXX tell her , Mrs. Blythe .
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