I think she 's a real nice little woman . '' `` That 's exactly what she is , '' said Mrs. Rachel with emphasis , `` and as I 've just been sayin ' to Marilla , I think we ought all to overlook Mr. Harrison 's peculiarities for her sake and try to make her feel at home here , that 's what . Well , I must get back . Thomas 'll be wearying for me . I get out a little since Eliza came and he 's seemed a lot better these past few days , but I never like to be long away from him . I hear Gilbert Blythe has resigned from White Sands . He 'll be off to college in the fall , I suppose . '' Mrs. Rachel looked sharply at Anne , but Anne was bending over a sleepy Davy nodding on the sofa and nothing was to be read in her face . She carried Davy away , her oval girlish cheek pressed against his curly yellow head . As they went up the stairs Davy flung a tired arm about Anne 's neck and gave her a warm hug and a sticky kiss . `` You 're awful nice , Anne . Milty Boulter wrote on his slate today and showed it to Jennie Sloane , '' ` Roses red and vi ` lets blue , Sugar 's sweet , and so are you '' and that ` spresses my feelings for you ezackly , Anne . '' XXVI Around the Bend Thomas Lynde faded out of life as quietly and unobtrusively as he had lived it . His wife was a tender , patient , unwearied nurse . Sometimes Rachel had been a little hard on her Thomas in health , when his slowness or meekness had provoked her ; but when he became ill no voice could be lower , no hand more gently skillful , no vigil more uncomplaining . `` You 've been a good wife to me , Rachel , '' he once said simply , when she was sitting by him in the dusk , holding his thin , blanched old hand in her work-hardened one . `` A good wife . I 'm sorry I ai n't leaving you better off ; but the children will look after you . They 're all smart , capable children , just like their mother . A good mother ... a good woman ... . ''
He had fallen asleep then , and the next morning , just as the white dawn was creeping up XXXXX the pointed firs in the hollow , Marilla went softly into the east gable and wakened Anne .
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