Long after Pacifique 's gay whistle had faded into the phantom of music and then into silence far up under the maples of Lover 's Lane Anne stood under the willows , tasting the poignant sweetness of life when some great dread has been removed from it . The morning was a cup filled with mist and glamor . In the corner near her was a rich surprise of new-blown , crystal-dewed roses . The trills and trickles of song from the birds in the big tree above her seemed in perfect accord with her mood . A sentence from a very old , very true , very wonderful Book came to her lips , `` Weeping may endure for a night but joy cometh in the morning . '' XLI Love Takes Up the Glass of Time `` I 've come up to ask you to go for one of our old-time rambles through September woods and ` over hills where spices grow , ' this afternoon , '' said Gilbert , coming suddenly around the porch corner . `` Suppose we visit Hester Gray 's garden . '' Anne , sitting on the stone step with her lap full of a pale , filmy , green stuff , looked up rather blankly . `` Oh , I wish I could , '' she said slowly , `` but I really ca n't , Gilbert . I 'm going to Alice Penhallow 's wedding this evening , you know . I 've got to do something to this dress , and by the time it 's finished I 'll have to get ready . I 'm so sorry . I 'd love to go . '' `` Well , can you go tomorrow afternoon , then ? '' asked Gilbert , apparently not much disappointed . `` Yes , I think so . '' `` In that case I shall hie me home at once to do something I should otherwise have to do tomorrow . So Alice Penhallow is to be married tonight . Three weddings for you in one summer , Anne -- Phil 's , Alice 's , and Jane 's . I 'll never forgive Jane for not inviting me to her wedding . ''
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