But this week if we sent him to the well he 'd try to climb down into it . I thought once , ` If you 'd only shoot down there head-first everything would be nicely settled . ' '' `` Oh , Miss Cornelia ! '' `` Now , you need n't Miss Cornelia me , Anne , dearie . ANYBODY would have thought the same . If the Montreal doctors can make a rational creature out of Dick Moore they 're wonders . '' Leslie took Dick to Montreal early in May . Gilbert went with her , to help her , and make the necessary arrangements for her . He came home with the report that the Montreal surgeon whom they had consulted agreed with him that there was a good chance of Dick 's restoration . `` Very comforting , '' was Miss Cornelia 's sarcastic comment . Anne only sighed . Leslie had been very distant at their parting . But she had promised to write . Ten days after Gilbert 's return the letter came . Leslie wrote that the operation had been successfully performed and that Dick was making a good recovery . `` What does she mean by ` successfully ? ' '' asked Anne . `` Does she mean that Dick 's memory is really restored ? '' `` Not likely -- since she says nothing of it , '' said Gilbert . `` She uses the word ` successfully ' from the surgeon 's point of view .
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