Mrs. Lynde says it always makes her think of the long and short of it when she sees them together . '' `` Well , '' said Anne to herself that night , as she brushed her hair before her gilt framed mirror , `` I am glad Diana is so happy and satisfied . But when my turn comes ... if it ever does ... I do hope there 'll be something a little more thrilling about it . But then Diana thought so too , once . I 've heard her say time and again she 'd never get engaged any poky commonplace way ... he 'd HAVE to do something splendid to win her . But she has changed . Perhaps I 'll change too . But I wo n't ... and I 'm determined I wo n't . Oh , I think these engagements are dreadfully unsettling things when they happen to your intimate friends . '' XXX A Wedding at the Stone House The last week in August came . Miss Lavendar was to be married in it . Two weeks later Anne and Gilbert would leave for Redmond College . In a week 's time Mrs. Rachel Lynde would move to Green Gables and set up her lares and penates in the erstwhile spare room , which was already prepared for her coming . She had sold all her superfluous household plenishings by auction and was at present reveling in the congenial occupation of helping the Allans pack up . Mr. Allan was to preach his farewell sermon the next Sunday . The old order was changing rapidly to give place to the new , as Anne felt with a little sadness threading all her excitement and happiness . `` Changes ai n't totally pleasant but they 're excellent things , '' said Mr. Harrison philosophically . `` Two years is about long enough for things to stay exactly the same . If they stayed put any longer they might grow mossy . '' Mr. Harrison was smoking on his veranda .
His wife had self-sacrificingly told that he might smoke XXXXX the house if he took care to sit by an open window .
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