You see , I 'd been praying for A BROTHER TWO YEARS OLDER THAN MYSELF . '' `` How long did it take you to get over your disappointment ? '' asked Anne , amid her laughter . `` Well , I had a spite at Providence for a good spell , and for weeks I would n't even look at the baby . Nobody knew why , for I never told . Then he began to get real cute , and held out his wee hands to me and I began to get fond of him . But I did n't get really reconciled to him until one day a school chum came to see him and said she thought he was awful small for his age . I just got boiling mad , and I sailed right into her , and told her she did n't know a nice baby when she saw one , and ours was the nicest baby in the world . And after that I just worshipped him . Mother died before he was three years old and I was sister and mother to him both . Poor little lad , he was never strong , and he died when he was n't much over twenty . Seems to me I 'd have given anything on earth , Anne , dearie , if he 'd only lived . '' Miss Cornelia sighed . Gilbert had gone down and Leslie , who had been crooning over the small James Matthew in the dormer window , laid him asleep in his basket and went her way . As soon as she was safely out of earshot , Miss Cornelia bent forward and said in a conspirator 's whisper : `` Anne , dearie , I 'd a letter from Owen Ford yesterday . He 's in Vancouver just now , but he wants to know if I can board him for a month later on . YOU know what that means . Well , I hope we 're doing right . '' `` We 've nothing to do with it -- we could n't prevent him from coming to Four Winds if he wanted to , '' said Anne quickly . She did not like the feeling of match-making Miss Cornelia 's whispers gave her ; and then she weakly succumbed herself .
`` Do n't let Leslie know he is coming XXXXX he is here , '' she said .
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