No doubt he believed it . But it was a comfort to feel that she had not , in all likelihood , ruined his life . There were other goddesses , and Roy , according to Dorothy , must needs be worshipping at some shrine . Nevertheless , life was stripped of several more illusions , and Anne began to think drearily that it seemed rather bare . She came down from the porch gable on the evening of her return with a sorrowful face . `` What has happened to the old Snow Queen , Marilla ? '' `` Oh , I knew you 'd feel bad over that , '' said Marilla . `` I felt bad myself . That tree was there ever since I was a young girl . It blew down in the big gale we had in March . It was rotten at the core . '' `` I 'll miss it so , '' grieved Anne . `` The porch gable does n't seem the same room without it . I 'll never look from its window again without a sense of loss . And oh , I never came home to Green Gables before that Diana was n't here to welcome me . '' `` Diana has something else to think of just now , '' said Mrs. Lynde significantly . `` Well , tell me all the Avonlea news , '' said Anne , sitting down on the porch steps , where the evening sunshine fell over her hair in a fine golden rain . `` There is n't much news except what we 've wrote you , '' said Mrs. Lynde . `` I suppose you have n't heard that Simon Fletcher broke his leg last week . It 's a great thing for his family .
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