But she is a most hospitable lady and treated us royally . '' Friday brought going-home time , and Mr. Barry drove in for the girls . `` Well , I hope you 've enjoyed yourselves , '' said Miss Barry , as she bade them good-bye . `` Indeed we have , '' said Diana . `` And you , Anne-girl ? '' `` I 've enjoyed every minute of the time , '' said Anne , throwing her arms impulsively about the old woman 's neck and kissing her wrinkled cheek . Diana would never have dared to do such a thing and felt rather aghast at Anne 's freedom . But Miss Barry was pleased , and she stood on her veranda and watched the buggy out of sight . Then she went back into her big house with a sigh . It seemed very lonely , lacking those fresh young lives . Miss Barry was a rather selfish old lady , if the truth must be told , and had never cared much for anybody but herself . She valued people only as they were of service to her or amused her . Anne had amused her , and consequently stood high in the old lady 's good graces . But Miss Barry found herself thinking less about Anne 's quaint speeches than of her fresh enthusiasms , her transparent emotions , her little winning ways , and the sweetness of her eyes and lips . `` I thought Marilla Cuthbert was an old fool when I heard she 'd adopted a girl out of an orphan asylum , '' she said to herself , `` but I guess she did n't make much of a mistake after all . If I 'd a child like Anne in the house all the time I 'd be a better and happier woman . '' Anne and Diana found the drive home as pleasant as the drive in -- pleasanter , indeed , since there was the delightful consciousness of home waiting at the end of it . It was sunset when they passed through White Sands and turned into the shore road . Beyond , the Avonlea hills came out darkly against the saffron sky . Behind them the moon was rising out of the sea that grew all radiant and transfigured in her light .
Every little cove along the curving road was a marvel XXXXX dancing ripples .
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