`` I have n't so many good features that I could afford to spoil those I have ; so , even if I should marry the King of the Cannibal Islands , I promise you I wo n't turn up my nose at you , Diana . '' With another gay laugh the girls separated , Diana to return to Orchard Slope , Anne to walk to the Post Office . She found a letter awaiting her there , and when Gilbert Blythe overtook her on the bridge over the Lake of Shining Waters she was sparkling with the excitement of it . `` Priscilla Grant is going to Redmond , too , '' she exclaimed . `` Is n't that splendid ? I hoped she would , but she did n't think her father would consent . He has , however , and we 're to board together . I feel that I can face an army with banners -- or all the professors of Redmond in one fell phalanx -- with a chum like Priscilla by my side . '' `` I think we 'll like Kingsport , '' said Gilbert . `` It 's a nice old burg , they tell me , and has the finest natural park in the world . I 've heard that the scenery in it is magnificent . '' `` I wonder if it will be -- can be -- any more beautiful than this , '' murmured Anne , looking around her with the loving , enraptured eyes of those to whom `` home '' must always be the loveliest spot in the world , no matter what fairer lands may lie under alien stars . They were leaning on the bridge of the old pond , drinking deep of the enchantment of the dusk , just at the spot where Anne had climbed from her sinking Dory on the day Elaine floated down to Camelot . The fine , empurpling dye of sunset still stained the western skies , but the moon was rising and the water lay like a great , silver dream in her light . Remembrance wove a sweet and subtle spell over the two young creatures . `` You are very quiet , Anne , '' said Gilbert at last . `` I 'm afraid to speak or move for fear all this wonderful beauty will vanish just like a broken silence , '' breathed Anne . Gilbert suddenly laid his hand over the slender white one lying on the rail of the bridge . His hazel eyes deepened into darkness , his still boyish lips opened to say something of the dream and hope that thrilled his soul . But Anne snatched her hand away and turned quickly .
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