`` Annetta Bell 's letter was quite long , which surprised me , for writing essays is not Annetta 's forte , and hers are generally as brief as St. Clair 's . Annetta is a quiet little puss and a model of good behavior , but there is n't a shadow of orginality in her . Here is her letter . -- '' ` Dearest teacher , '' `` I think I will write you a letter to tell you how much I love you . I love you with my whole heart and soul and mind ... with all there is of me to love ... and I want to serve you for ever . It would be my highest privilege . That is why I try so hard to be good in school and learn my lessuns . '' ` You are so beautiful , my teacher . Your voice is like music and your eyes are like pansies when the dew is on them . You are like a tall stately queen . Your hair is like rippling gold . Anthony Pye says it is red , but you need n't pay any attention to Anthony . '' ' I have only known you for a few months but I can not realize that there was ever a time when I did not know you ... when you had not come into my life to bless and hallow it . I will always look back to this year as the most wonderful in my life because it brought you to me . Besides , it 's the year we moved to Avonlea from Newbridge . My love for you has made my life very rich and it has kept me from much of harm and evil . I owe this all to you , my sweetest teacher . '' ' I shall never forget how sweet you looked the last time I saw you in that black dress with flowers in your hair . I shall see you like that for ever , even when we are both old and gray . You will always be young and fair to me , dearest teacher .
I am thinking XXXXX you all the time ... in the morning and at the noontide and at the twilight .
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