`` He 'll reach Echo Lodge before the rain gets very heavy , I think . Anyway , he wanted to go back tonight . Well , I 've had a splendid visit , but I 'm glad to see you dear folks again . ` East , west , hame 's best . ' Davy , have you been growing again lately ? '' `` I 've growed a whole inch since you left , '' said Davy proudly . `` I 'm as tall as Milty Boulter now . Ai n't I glad . He 'll have to stop crowing about being bigger . Say , Anne , did you know that Gilbert Blythe is dying ? '' Anne stood quite silent and motionless , looking at Davy . Her face had gone so white that Marilla thought she was going to faint . `` Davy , hold your tongue , '' said Mrs. Rachel angrily . `` Anne , do n't look like that -- DO N'T LOOK LIKE THAT ! We did n't mean to tell you so suddenly . '' `` Is -- it -- true ? '' asked Anne in a voice that was not hers . `` Gilbert is very ill , '' said Mrs. Lynde gravely . `` He took down with typhoid fever just after you left for Echo Lodge . Did you never hear of it ? ''
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