`` But it 's time we were going home . See , it was twilight three minutes ago and now it 's moonlight . What a pity we could n't have caught the moment of transformation . But such moments never are caught , I suppose . '' `` Let 's go back around the marsh and home by way of Lover 's Lane . Do you feel as disgruntled now as when you started out , Anne ? '' `` Not I. Those apples have been as manna to a hungry soul . I feel that I shall love Redmond and have a splendid four years there . '' `` And after those four years -- what ? '' `` Oh , there 's another bend in the road at their end , '' answered Anne lightly . `` I 've no idea what may be around it -- I do n't want to have . It 's nicer not to know . '' Lover 's Lane was a dear place that night , still and mysteriously dim in the pale radiance of the moonlight . They loitered through it in a pleasant chummy silence , neither caring to talk . `` If Gilbert were always as he has been this evening how nice and simple everything would be , '' reflected Anne . Gilbert was looking at Anne , as she walked along . In her light dress , with her slender delicacy , she made him think of a white iris . `` I wonder if I can ever make her care for me , '' he thought , with a pang of self-distrust . Chapter III Greeting and Farewell Charlie Sloane , Gilbert Blythe and Anne Shirley left Avonlea the following Monday morning . Anne had hoped for a fine day .
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