Miss Lavendar herself , all gay and sweet in the frills and laces she loved , dropped her shears and ran joyously to meet her guests , while Charlotta the Fourth grinned cheerfully . `` Welcome , Anne . I thought you 'd come today . You belong to the afternoon so it brought you . Things that belong together are sure to come together . What a lot of trouble that would save some people if they only knew it . But they do n't ... and so they waste beautiful energy moving heaven and earth to bring things together that DO N'T belong . And you , Paul ... why , you 've grown ! You 're half a head taller than when you were here before . '' `` Yes , I 've begun to grow like pigweed in the night , as Mrs. Lynde says , '' said Paul , in frank delight over the fact . `` Grandma says it 's the porridge taking effect at last . Perhaps it is . Goodness knows ... '' Paul sighed deeply ... `` I 've eaten enough to make anyone grow . I do hope , now that I 've begun , I 'll keep on till I 'm as tall as father . He is six feet , you know , Miss Lavendar . '' Yes , Miss Lavendar did know ; the flush on her pretty cheeks deepened a little ; she took Paul 's hand on one side and Anne 's on the other and walked to the house in silence . `` Is it a good day for the echoes , Miss Lavendar ? '' queried Paul anxiously . The day of his first visit had been too windy for echoes and Paul had been much disappointed . `` Yes , just the best kind of a day , '' answered Miss Lavendar , rousing herself from her reverie .
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