`` Well , nobody knows anything about THAT . But one thing is certain , he does n't go there any longer . And Rosemary did n't look well all the spring . I hope her visit to Kingsport will do her good . She 's been gone for a month and will stay another month , I understand . I ca n't remember when Rosemary was away from home before . She and Ellen could never bear to be parted . But I understand Ellen insisted on her going this time . And meanwhile Ellen and Norman Douglas are warming up the old soup . '' `` Is that really so ? '' asked Anne , laughing . `` I heard a rumour of it , but I hardly believed it . '' `` Believe it ! You may believe it all right , Anne , dearie . Nobody is in ignorance of it . Norman Douglas never left anybody in doubt as to his intentions in regard to anything . He always did his courting before the public . He told Marshall that he had n't thought about Ellen for years , but the first time he went to church last fall he saw her and fell in love with her all over again . He said he 'd clean forgot how handsome she was . He had n't seen her for twenty years , if you can believe it .
Of course he never went XXXXX church , and Ellen never went anywhere else round here .
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