Marilla 's only comment when she heard the story was , `` I told you so . '' This was for Matthew 's benefit . Miss Barry stayed her month out and over . She was a more agreeable guest than usual , for Anne kept her in good humor . They became firm friends . When Miss Barry went away she said : `` Remember , you Anne-girl , when you come to town you 're to visit me and I 'll put you in my very sparest spare-room bed to sleep . '' `` Miss Barry was a kindred spirit , after all , '' Anne confided to Marilla . `` You would n't think so to look at her , but she is . You do n't find it right out at first , as in Matthew 's case , but after a while you come to see it . Kindred spirits are not so scarce as I used to think . It 's splendid to find out there are so many of them in the world . '' CHAPTER XX . A Good Imagination Gone Wrong Spring had come once more to Green Gables -- the beautiful capricious , reluctant Canadian spring , lingering along through April and May in a succession of sweet , fresh , chilly days , with pink sunsets and miracles of resurrection and growth . The maples in Lover 's Lane were red budded and little curly ferns pushed up around the Dryad 's Bubble . Away up in the barrens , behind Mr. Silas Sloane 's place , the Mayflowers blossomed out , pink and white stars of sweetness under their brown leaves . All the school girls and boys had one golden afternoon gathering them , coming home in the clear , echoing twilight with arms and baskets full of flowery spoil . `` I 'm so sorry for people who live in lands where there are no Mayflowers , '' said Anne . `` Diana says perhaps they have something better , but there could n't be anything better than Mayflowers , could there , Marilla ? And Diana says if they do n't know what they are like they do n't miss them . But I think that is the saddest thing of all .
I think it would be TRAGIC , Marilla , not to know what Mayflowers are like and NOT XXXXX miss them .
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