`` 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 of that , Anne ? '' `` Perfectly sure . '' `` I 'm very , very sorry . ''
`` I wonder why everybody seems to think I ought XXXXX marry Gilbert Blythe , '' said Anne petulantly .
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