There 's a fine orchard , too , and you 've always admired that high brick wall around the garden with the door in it -- you 've thought it was so like a story-book garden . And there is almost as fine a view of the harbor and the dunes from the Morgan place as from here . '' `` You ca n't see the lighthouse star from it . '' `` Yes , You can see it from the attic window . THERE 'S another advantage , Anne-girl -- you love big garrets . '' `` There 's no brook in the garden . '' `` Well , no , but there is one running through the maple grove into the Glen pond . And the pond itself is n't far away . You 'll be able to fancy you have your own Lake of Shining Waters again . '' `` Well , do n't say anything more about it just now , Gilbert . Give me time to think -- to get used to the idea . '' `` All right . There is no great hurry , of course . Only -- if we decide to buy , it would be well to be moved in and settled before winter . '' Gilbert went out , and Anne put away Little Jem 's short dresses with trembling hands . She could not sew any more that day . With tear-wet eyes she wandered over the little domain where she had reigned so happy a queen . The Morgan place was all that Gilbert claimed . The grounds were beautiful , the house old enough to have dignity and repose and traditions , and new enough to be comfortable and up-to-date . Anne had always admired it ; but admiring is not loving ; and she loved this house of dreams so much .
She loved EVERYTHING about it -- the garden she had tended , and which so many women had tended before her -- the gleam and sparkle XXXXX the little brook that crept so roguishly across the corner -- the gate between the creaking fir trees -- the old red sandstone step -- the stately Lombardies -- the two tiny quaint glass cupboards over the chimney-piece in the living-room -- the crooked pantry door in the kitchen -- the two funny dormer windows upstairs -- the little jog in the staircase -- why , these things were a part of her !
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