She did not refer to the burning question at all , but she chatted amiably of other matters , and Gilbert understood that he was forgiven under protest . `` Captain Jim seems very frail and bent this spring . The winter has aged him , '' said Anne sadly . `` I am afraid that he will soon be going to seek lost Margaret . I ca n't bear to think of it . '' `` Four Winds wo n't be the same place when Captain Jim ` sets out to sea , ' '' agreed Gilbert . The following evening he went to the house up the brook . Anne wandered dismally around until his return . `` Well , what did Leslie say ? '' she demanded when he came in . `` Very little . I think she felt rather dazed . '' `` And is she going to have the operation ? '' `` She is going to think it over and decide very soon . '' Gilbert flung himself wearily into the easy chair before the fire . He looked tired . It had not been an easy thing for him to tell Leslie . And the terror that had sprung into her eyes when the meaning of what he told her came home to her was not a pleasant thing to remember . Now , when the die was cast , he was beset with doubts of his own wisdom . Anne looked at him remorsefully ; then she slipped down on the rug beside him and laid her glossy red head on his arm .
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