He had an uneasy suspicion that there were a great many books in his library which he had borrowed at sundry times and in divers places and had forgotten to take back . It was surely his duty to guard against that in this case . He went back into his study , got the book , and plunged downward into Rainbow Valley . CHAPTER XV . MORE GOSSIP On the evening after Mrs. Myra Murray of the over-harbour section had been buried Miss Cornelia and Mary Vance came up to Ingleside . There were several things concerning which Miss Cornelia wished to unburden her soul . The funeral had to be all talked over , of course . Susan and Miss Cornelia thrashed this out between them ; Anne took no part or delight in such goulish conversations . She sat a little apart and watched the autumnal flame of dahlias in the garden , and the dreaming , glamorous harbour of the September sunset . Mary Vance sat beside her , knitting meekly . Mary 's heart was down in the Rainbow Valley , whence came sweet , distance-softened sounds of children 's laughter , but her fingers were under Miss Cornelia 's eye . She had to knit so many rounds of her stocking before she might go to the valley . Mary knit and held her tongue , but used her ears . `` I never saw a nicer looking corpse , '' said Miss Cornelia judicially . `` Myra Murray was always a pretty woman -- she was a Corey from Lowbridge and the Coreys were noted for their good looks . '' `` I said to the corpse as I passed it , ` poor woman . I hope you are as happy as you look . ' '' sighed Susan . `` She had not changed much . That dress she wore was the black satin she got for her daughter 's wedding fourteen years ago .
Her Aunt told her then to keep it for her funeral , but Myra laughed and said , ' I may wear it XXXXX my funeral , Aunty , but I will have a good time out of it first . '
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