Did you ever hear of such ingratitude ? The moment the invitation to the wedding ... for he had the impertinence to send us an invitation , Miss Shirley ... came to the house I said , ` No more Jacobs for me , thank you . ' From that day I called my son St. Clair and St. Clair I am determined he shall be called . His father obstinately continues to call him Jacob , and the boy himself has a perfectly unaccountable preference for the vulgar name . But St. Clair he is and St. Clair he shall remain . You will kindly remember this , Miss Shirley , will you not ? THANK you . I told Clarice Almira that I was sure it was only a misunderstanding and that a word would set it right . Donnell ... accent on the last syllable ... and St. Clair ... on no account Jacob . You 'll remember ? THANK you . '' When Mrs. H. B. DonNELL had skimmed away Anne locked the school door and went home . At the foot of the hill she found Paul Irving by the Birch Path . He held out to her a cluster of the dainty little wild orchids which Avonlea children called `` rice lillies . '' `` Please , teacher , I found these in Mr. Wright 's field , '' he said shyly , `` and I came back to give them to you because I thought you were the kind of lady that would like them , and because ... '' he lifted his big beautiful eyes ... `` I like you , teacher . '' `` You darling , '' said Anne , taking the fragrant spikes . As if Paul 's words had been a spell of magic , discouragement and weariness passed from her spirit , and hope upwelled in her heart like a dancing fountain . She went through the Birch Path light-footedly , attended by the sweetness of her orchids as by a benediction . `` Well , how did you get along ? '' Marilla wanted to know .
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