I did n't think there was anybody of that name in Avonlea . '' Anne felt vexed at her own heedlessness . She had forgotten about Miss Lavendar 's old romance when Paul 's name slipped out . `` He is a little pupil of mine , '' she explained slowly . `` He came from Boston last year to live with his grandmother , Mrs. Irving of the shore road . '' `` Is he Stephen Irving 's son ? '' Miss Lavendar asked , bending over her namesake border so that her face was hidden . `` Yes . '' `` I 'm going to give you girls a bunch of lavendar apiece , '' said Miss Lavendar brightly , as if she had not heard the answer to her question . `` It 's very sweet , do n't you think ? Mother always loved it . She planted these borders long ago . Father named me Lavendar because he was so fond of it . The very first time he saw mother was when he visited her home in East Grafton with her brother . He fell in love with her at first sight ; and they put him in the spare room bed to sleep and the sheets were scented with lavendar and he lay awake all night and thought of her . He always loved the scent of lavendar after that ... and that was why he gave me the name . Do n't forget to come back soon , girls dear . We 'll be looking for you , Charlotta the Fourth and I. '' She opened the gate under the firs for them to pass through . She looked suddenly old and tired ; the glow and radiance had faded from her face ; her parting smile was as sweet with ineradicable youth as ever , but when the girls looked back from the first curve in the lane they saw her sitting on the old stone bench under the silver poplar in the middle of the garden with her head leaning wearily on her hand . `` She does look lonely , '' said Diana softly .
`` We must come often XXXXX see her . ''
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