And then , one day , Miss Emily died . I 'm afraid no one was very sorry . It seems to me a most dreadful thing to go out of the world and leave not one person behind to be sorry because you have gone . Miss Emily was dead and buried before Diana and I heard of it at all . The first I knew of it was when I came home from Orchard Slope one day and found a queer , shabby little black horsehair trunk , all studded with brass nails , on the floor of my room at Green Gables . Marilla told me that Jack Leith had brought it over , and said that it had belonged to Miss Emily and that , when she was dying , she asked them to send it to me . `` 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 .
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