`` Anne , Dora is lost ! '' `` Dora ! Lost ! '' Anne looked at Davy , who was swinging on the yard gate , and detected merriment in his eyes . `` Davy , do you know where she is ? '' `` No , I do n't , '' said Davy stoutly . `` I have n't seen her since dinner time , cross my heart . '' `` I 've been away ever since one o'clock , '' said Marilla . `` Thomas Lynde took sick all of a sudden and Rachel sent up for me to go at once . When I left here Dora was playing with her doll in the kitchen and Davy was making mud pies behind the barn . I only got home half an hour ago ... and no Dora to be seen . Davy declares he never saw her since I left . '' `` Neither I did , '' avowed Davy solemnly . `` She must be somewhere around , '' said Anne . `` She would never wander far away alone ... you know how timid she is . Perhaps she has fallen asleep in one of the rooms . '' Marilla shook her head . `` I 've hunted the whole house through . But she may be in some of the buildings . '' A thorough search followed .
Every corner XXXXX house , yard , and outbuildings was ransacked by those two distracted people .
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