`` I was awfully near giving up in despair , '' explained Anne . `` She got worse and worse until she was sicker than ever the Hammond twins were , even the last pair . I actually thought she was going to choke to death . I gave her every drop of ipecac in that bottle and when the last dose went down I said to myself -- not to Diana or Young Mary Joe , because I did n't want to worry them any more than they were worried , but I had to say it to myself just to relieve my feelings -- ` This is the last lingering hope and I fear , tis a vain one . ' But in about three minutes she coughed up the phlegm and began to get better right away . You must just imagine my relief , doctor , because I ca n't express it in words . You know there are some things that can not be expressed in words . '' `` Yes , I know , '' nodded the doctor . He looked at Anne as if he were thinking some things about her that could n't be expressed in words . Later on , however , he expressed them to Mr. and Mrs. Barry . `` That little redheaded girl they have over at Cuthbert 's is as smart as they make 'em . I tell you she saved that baby 's life , for it would have been too late by the time I got there . She seems to have a skill and presence of mind perfectly wonderful in a child of her age . I never saw anything like the eyes of her when she was explaining the case to me . '' Anne had gone home in the wonderful , white-frosted winter morning , heavy eyed from loss of sleep , but still talking unweariedly to Matthew as they crossed the long white field and walked under the glittering fairy arch of the Lover 's Lane maples . `` Oh , Matthew , is n't it a wonderful morning ? The world looks like something God had just imagined for His own pleasure , does n't it ? Those trees look as if I could blow them away with a breath -- pouf ! I 'm so glad I live in a world where there are white frosts , are n't you ? And I 'm so glad Mrs. Hammond had three pairs of twins after all .
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