She said she wanted you ` to understand her . ' '' I ran over to Orchard Slope and asked Diana to come over and examine the trunk with me . I had n't received any instructions about keeping its contents secret and I knew Miss Emily would n't mind Diana knowing about them , whatever they were . It was a cool , gray afternoon and we got back to Green Gables just as the rain was beginning to fall . When we went up to my room the wind was rising and whistling through the boughs of the big old Snow Queen outside of my window . Diana was excited , and , I really believe , a little bit frightened . We opened the old trunk . It was very small , and there was nothing in it but a big cardboard box . The box was tied up and the knots sealed with wax . We lifted it out and untied it . I touched Diana 's fingers as we did it , and both of us exclaimed at once , `` How cold your hand is ! '' In the box was a quaint , pretty , old-fashioned gown , not at all faded , made of blue muslin , with a little darker blue flower in it . Under it we found a sash , a yellowed feather fan , and an envelope full of withered flowers . At the bottom of the box was a little brown book . It was small and thin , like a girl 's exercise book , with leaves that had once been blue and pink , but were now quite faded , and stained in places . On the fly leaf was written , in a very delicate hand , `` Emily Margaret Leith , '' and the same writing covered the first few pages of the book . The rest were not written on at all . We sat there on the floor , Diana and I , and read the little book together , while the rain thudded against the window panes . June 19 , 18 -- I came to-day to spend a while with Aunt Margaret in Charlottetown . It is so pretty here , where she lives -- and ever so much nicer than on the farm at home .
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