`` Well , '' said Diana looking regretfully at the setting sun . `` I suppose we must go if we want to get to Mr. Kimball 's before dark . We 've had a lovely time , Miss Lewis . '' `` Wo n't you come again to see me ? '' pleaded Miss Lavendar . Tall Anne put her arm about the little lady . `` Indeed we shall , '' she promised . `` Now that we have discovered you we 'll wear out our welcome coming to see you . Yes , we must go ... ` we must tear ourselves away , ' as Paul Irving says every time he comes to Green Gables . '' `` Paul Irving ? '' There was a subtle change in Miss Lavendar 's voice . `` Who is he ? 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 . ''
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