He knew that it would bring him both fame and fortune ; but when he had written the last line of it he had bowed his head on the manuscript and so sat for a long time . And his thoughts were not of the good work he had done . CHAPTER 26 OWEN FORD 'S CONFESSION `` I 'm so sorry Gilbert is away , '' said Anne . `` He had to go -- Allan Lyons at the Glen has met with a serious accident . He will not likely be home till very late . But he told me to tell you he 'd be up and over early enough in the morning to see you before you left . It 's too provoking . Susan and I had planned such a nice little jamboree for your last night here . '' She was sitting beside the garden brook on the little rustic seat Gilbert had built . Owen Ford stood before her , leaning against the bronze column of a yellow birch . He was very pale and his face bore the marks of the preceding sleepless night . Anne , glancing up at him , wondered if , after all , his summer had brought him the strength it should . Had he worked too hard over his book ? She remembered that for a week he had not been looking well . `` I 'm rather glad the doctor is away , '' said Owen slowly . `` I wanted to see you alone , Mrs. Blythe . There is something I must tell somebody , or I think it will drive me mad . I 've been trying for a week to look it in the face -- and I ca n't . I know I can trust you -- and , besides , you will understand . A woman with eyes like yours always understands .
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