`` But what is in it ? And what am I to do with it ? '' I asked in bewilderment . `` There was nothing said about what you were to do with it . Jack said they did n't know what was in it , and had n't looked into it , seeing that it was your property . It seems a rather queer proceeding -- but you 're always getting mixed up in queer proceedings , Anne . As for what is in it , the easiest way to find out , I reckon , is to open it and see . The key is tied to it . Jack said Miss Emily said she wanted you to have it because she loved you and saw her lost youth in you . I guess she was a bit delirious at the last and wandered a good deal . She said she wanted you ` to understand her . ' '' I ran over to Orchard Slope and asked Diana to come over and examine the trunk with me . I had n't received any instructions about keeping its contents secret and I knew Miss Emily would n't mind Diana knowing about them , whatever they were . It was a cool , gray afternoon and we got back to Green Gables just as the rain was beginning to fall . When we went up to my room the wind was rising and whistling through the boughs of the big old Snow Queen outside of my window . Diana was excited , and , I really believe , a little bit frightened . We opened the old trunk . It was very small , and there was nothing in it but a big cardboard box . The box was tied up and the knots sealed with wax . We lifted it out and untied it .
I touched Diana 's fingers as we did it , and both of us exclaimed XXXXX once , `` How cold your hand is ! ''
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