He had fallen asleep then , and the next morning , just as the white dawn was creeping up over the pointed firs in the hollow , Marilla went softly into the east gable and wakened Anne . `` Anne , Thomas Lynde is gone ... their hired boy just brought the word . I 'm going right down to Rachel . '' On the day after Thomas Lynde 's funeral Marilla went about Green Gables with a strangely preoccupied air . Occasionally she looked at Anne , seemed on the point of saying something , then shook her head and buttoned up her mouth . After tea she went down to see Mrs. Rachel ; and when she returned she went to the east gable , where Anne was correcting school exercises . `` How is Mrs. Lynde tonight ? '' asked the latter . `` She 's feeling calmer and more composed , '' answered Marilla , sitting down on Anne 's bed ... a proceeding which betokened some unusual mental excitement , for in Marilla 's code of household ethics to sit on a bed after it was made up was an unpardonable offense . `` But she 's very lonely . Eliza had to go home today ... her son is n't well and she felt she could n't stay any longer . '' `` When I 've finished these exercises I 'll run down and chat awhile with Mrs. Lynde , '' said Anne . `` I had intended to study some Latin composition tonight but it can wait . '' `` I suppose Gilbert Blythe is going to college in the fall , '' said Marilla jerkily . `` How would you like to go too , Anne ? '' Anne looked up in astonishment . `` I would like it , of course , Marilla . But it is n't possible . '' `` I guess it can be made possible . I 've always felt that you should go .
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