But why do other people call it Barry 's pond ? '' `` I reckon because Mr. Barry lives up there in that house . Orchard Slope 's the name of his place . If it was n't for that big bush behind it you could see Green Gables from here . But we have to go over the bridge and round by the road , so it 's near half a mile further . '' `` Has Mr. Barry any little girls ? Well , not so very little either -- about my size . '' `` He 's got one about eleven . Her name is Diana . '' `` Oh ! '' with a long indrawing of breath . `` What a perfectly lovely name ! '' `` Well now , I dunno . There 's something dreadful heathenish about it , seems to me . I 'd ruther Jane or Mary or some sensible name like that . But when Diana was born there was a schoolmaster boarding there and they gave him the naming of her and he called her Diana . '' `` I wish there had been a schoolmaster like that around when I was born , then . Oh , here we are at the bridge . I 'm going to shut my eyes tight . I 'm always afraid going over bridges .
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