`` Reckon you 're glad we kept her , Marilla ? '' whispered Matthew , speaking for the first time since he had entered the hall , when Anne had finished her essay . `` It 's not the first time I 've been glad , '' retorted Marilla . `` You do like to rub things in , Matthew Cuthbert . '' Miss Barry , who was sitting behind them , leaned forward and poked Marilla in the back with her parasol . `` Are n't you proud of that Anne-girl ? I am , '' she said . Anne went home to Avonlea with Matthew and Marilla that evening . She had not been home since April and she felt that she could not wait another day . The apple blossoms were out and the world was fresh and young . Diana was at Green Gables to meet her . In her own white room , where Marilla had set a flowering house rose on the window sill , Anne looked about her and drew a long breath of happiness . `` Oh , Diana , it 's so good to be back again . It 's so good to see those pointed firs coming out against the pink sky -- and that white orchard and the old Snow Queen . Is n't the breath of the mint delicious ? And that tea rose -- why , it 's a song and a hope and a prayer all in one . And it 's GOOD to see you again , Diana ! '' `` I thought you liked that Stella Maynard better than me , '' said Diana reproachfully . `` Josie Pye told me you did . Josie said you were INFATUATED with her . ''
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