And to bed , when she had put her dishes away , went Marilla , frowning most resolutely . And up-stairs , in the east gable , a lonely , heart-hungry , friendless child cried herself to sleep . CHAPTER IV . Morning at Green Gables It was broad daylight when Anne awoke and sat up in bed , staring confusedly at the window through which a flood of cheery sunshine was pouring and outside of which something white and feathery waved across glimpses of blue sky . For a moment she could not remember where she was . First came a delightful thrill , as something very pleasant ; then a horrible remembrance . This was Green Gables and they did n't want her because she was n't a boy ! But it was morning and , yes , it was a cherry-tree in full bloom outside of her window . With a bound she was out of bed and across the floor . She pushed up the sash -- it went up stiffly and creakily , as if it had n't been opened for a long time , which was the case ; and it stuck so tight that nothing was needed to hold it up . Anne dropped on her knees and gazed out into the June morning , her eyes glistening with delight . Oh , was n't it beautiful ? Was n't it a lovely place ? Suppose she was n't really going to stay here ! She would imagine she was . There was scope for imagination here . A huge cherry-tree grew outside , so close that its boughs tapped against the house , and it was so thick-set with blossoms that hardly a leaf was to be seen . On both sides of the house was a big orchard , one of apple-trees and one of cherry-trees , also showered over with blossoms ; and their grass was all sprinkled with dandelions . In the garden below were lilac-trees purple with flowers , and their dizzily sweet fragrance drifted up to the window on the morning wind . Below the garden a green field lush with clover sloped down to the hollow where the brook ran and where scores of white birches grew , upspringing airily out of an undergrowth suggestive of delightful possibilities in ferns and mosses and woodsy things generally .
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