It 's a very old platter . '' Diana gave Anne 's foot a gentle kick under the table , meaning , `` Do n't agree -- she 'll let it go for twenty if you hold out . '' But Anne was not minded to take any chances in regard to that precious platter . She promptly agreed to give twenty-five and Miss Sarah looked as if she felt sorry she had n't asked for thirty . `` Well , I guess you may have it . I want all the money I can scare up just now . The fact is -- '' Miss Sarah threw up her head importantly , with a proud flush on her thin cheeks -- `` I 'm going to be married -- to Luther Wallace . He wanted me twenty years ago . I liked him real well but he was poor then and father packed him off . I s ` pose I should n't have let him go so meek but I was timid and frightened of father . Besides , I did n't know men were so skurse . '' When the girls were safely away , Diana driving and Anne holding the coveted platter carefully on her lap , the green , rain-freshened solitudes of the Tory Road were enlivened by ripples of girlish laughter . `` I 'll amuse your Aunt Josephine with the ` strange eventful history ' of this afternoon when I go to town tomorrow . We 've had a rather trying time but it 's over now . I 've got the platter , and that rain has laid the dust beautifully . So ` all 's well that ends well . ' '' `` We 're not home yet , '' said Diana rather pessimistically , `` and there 's no telling what may happen before we are . You 're such a girl to have adventures , Anne . '' `` Having adventures comes natural to some people , '' said Anne serenely . `` You just have a gift for them or you have n't . ''
XIX Just a Happy Day `` After all , '' Anne had said to Marilla once , `` I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those XXXXX which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures , following one another softly , like pearls slipping off a string . ''
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