-LRB- 1 -RRB- Arnold Sherman , an elderly friend of the Irvings , was there at the same time , and added not a little to the general pleasantness of life . -LRB- 1 Chronicles of Avonlea . -RRB- `` What a nice play-time this has been , '' said Anne . `` I feel like a giant refreshed . And it 's only a fortnight more till I go back to Kingsport , and Redmond and Patty 's Place . Patty 's Place is the dearest spot , Miss Lavendar . I feel as if I had two homes -- one at Green Gables and one at Patty 's Place . But where has the summer gone ? It does n't seem a day since I came home that spring evening with the Mayflowers . When I was little I could n't see from one end of the summer to the other . It stretched before me like an unending season . Now , '' tis a handbreadth , 't is a tale . ' '' `` Anne , are you and Gilbert Blythe as good friends as you used to be ? '' asked Miss Lavendar quietly . `` I am just as much Gilbert 's friend as ever I was , Miss Lavendar . '' Miss Lavendar shook her head . `` I see something 's gone wrong , Anne . I 'm going to be impertinent and ask what . Have you quarrelled ? '' `` No ; it 's only that Gilbert wants more than friendship and I ca n't give him more . ''
`` Are you sure XXXXX that , Anne ? ''
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