`` I 'm not likely to forget it ever . '' `` They used to sing so madly in the marsh and brook that year . I would listen to them at my window in the dusk , and wonder how they could seem so glad and so sad at the same time . Oh , but it 's good to be home again ! Redmond was splendid and Bolingbroke delightful -- but Green Gables is HOME . '' `` Gilbert is n't coming home this summer , I hear , '' said Marilla . `` No . '' Something in Anne 's tone made Marilla glance at her sharply , but Anne was apparently absorbed in arranging her violets in a bowl . `` See , are n't they sweet ? '' she went on hurriedly . `` The year is a book , is n't it , Marilla ? Spring 's pages are written in Mayflowers and violets , summer 's in roses , autumn 's in red maple leaves , and winter in holly and evergreen . '' `` Did Gilbert do well in his examinations ? '' persisted Marilla . `` Excellently well . He led his class . But where are the twins and Mrs. Lynde ? '' `` Rachel and Dora are over at Mr. Harrison 's . Davy is down at Boulters ' . I think I hear him coming now . ''
Davy burst XXXXX , saw Anne , stopped , and then hurled himself upon her with a joyful yell .
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