`` I 'm wholesomely ashamed to think that a new dress ... even it is a forget-me-not organdy ... should exhilarate me so , when a good conscience and an extra contribution to Foreign Missions could n't do it . '' Midway in her visit Anne went home to Green Gables for a day to mend the twins ' stockings and settle up Davy 's accumulated store of questions . In the evening she went down to the shore road to see Paul Irving . As she passed by the low , square window of the Irving sitting room she caught a glimpse of Paul on somebody 's lap ; but the next moment he came flying through the hall . `` Oh , Miss Shirley , '' he cried excitedly , `` you ca n't think what has happened ! Something so splendid . Father is here ... just think of that ! Father is here ! Come right in . Father , this is my beautiful teacher . YOU know , father . '' Stephen Irving came forward to meet Anne with a smile . He was a tall , handsome man of middle age , with iron-gray hair , deep-set , dark blue eyes , and a strong , sad face , splendidly modeled about chin and brow . Just the face for a hero of romance , Anne thought with a thrill of intense satisfaction . It was so disappointing to meet someone who ought to be a hero and find him bald or stooped , or otherwise lacking in manly beauty . Anne would have thought it dreadful if the object of Miss Lavendar 's romance had not looked the part . `` So this is my little son 's ` beautiful teacher , ' of whom I have heard so much , '' said Mr. Irving with a hearty handshake . `` Paul 's letters have been so full of you , Miss Shirley , that I feel as if I were pretty well acquainted with you already . I want to thank you for what you have done for Paul . I think that your influence has been just what he needed .
Mother is one XXXXX the best and dearest of women ; but her robust , matter-of-fact Scotch common sense could not always understand a temperament like my laddie 's .
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