I 'll miss her terrible . '' `` She 'll be able to come home often , '' comforted Matthew , to whom Anne was as yet and always would be the little , eager girl he had brought home from Bright River on that June evening four years before . `` The branch railroad will be built to Carmody by that time . '' `` It wo n't be the same thing as having her here all the time , '' sighed Marilla gloomily , determined to enjoy her luxury of grief uncomforted . `` But there -- men ca n't understand these things ! '' There were other changes in Anne no less real than the physical change . For one thing , she became much quieter . Perhaps she thought all the more and dreamed as much as ever , but she certainly talked less . Marilla noticed and commented on this also . `` You do n't chatter half as much as you used to , Anne , nor use half as many big words . What has come over you ? '' Anne colored and laughed a little , as she dropped her book and looked dreamily out of the window , where big fat red buds were bursting out on the creeper in response to the lure of the spring sunshine . `` I do n't know -- I do n't want to talk as much , '' she said , denting her chin thoughtfully with her forefinger . `` It 's nicer to think dear , pretty thoughts and keep them in one 's heart , like treasures . I do n't like to have them laughed at or wondered over . And somehow I do n't want to use big words any more . It 's almost a pity , is n't it , now that I 'm really growing big enough to say them if I did want to . It 's fun to be almost grown up in some ways , but it 's not the kind of fun I expected , Marilla . There 's so much to learn and do and think that there is n't time for big words . Besides , Miss Stacy says the short ones are much stronger and better .
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