Felix 's heart throbbed ; he recognized it . Mr. Leonard took it from Janet and held it out to the boy . `` This is your father 's violin , Felix . See to it that you never make your music the servant of the power of evil -- never debase it to unworthy ends . For your responsibility is as your gift , and God will exact the accounting of it from you . Speak to the world in your own tongue through it , with truth and sincerity ; and all I have hoped for you will be abundantly fulfilled . '' IV . Little Joscelyn `` It simply is n't to be thought of , Aunty Nan , '' said Mrs. William Morrison decisively . Mrs. William Morrison was one of those people who always speak decisively . If they merely announce that they are going to peel the potatoes for dinner their hearers realize that there is no possible escape for the potatoes . Moreover , these people are always given their full title by everybody . William Morrison was called Billy oftener than not ; but , if you had asked for Mrs. Billy Morrison , nobody in Avonlea would have known what you meant at first guess . `` You must see that for yourself , Aunty , '' went on Mrs. William , hulling strawberries nimbly with her large , firm , white fingers as she talked . Mrs. William always improved every shining moment . `` It is ten miles to Kensington , and just think how late you would be getting back . You are not able for such a drive . You would n't get over it for a month . You know you are anything but strong this summer . '' Aunty Nan sighed , and patted the tiny , furry , gray morsel of a kitten in her lap with trembling fingers . She knew , better than anyone else could know it , that she was not strong that summer .
In her secret soul , Aunty Nan , sweet and frail and timid under the burden of her seventy years , felt with mysterious unmistakable prescience XXXXX it was to be her last summer at the Gull Point Farm .
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