Leslie was busy with sewing , for she and Owen were to be married at Christmas . Anne wondered what she would do when Leslie was gone . `` Changes come all the time . Just as soon as things get really nice they change , '' she said with a sigh . `` The old Morgan place up at the Glen is for sale , '' said Gilbert , apropos of nothing in especial . `` Is it ? '' asked Anne indifferently . `` Yes . Now that Mr. Morgan has gone , Mrs. Morgan wants to go to live with her children in Vancouver . She will sell cheaply , for a big place like that in a small village like the Glen will not be very easy to dispose of . '' `` Well , it 's certainly a beautiful place , so it is likely she will find a purchaser , '' said Anne , absently , wondering whether she should hemstitch or feather-stitch little Jem 's `` short '' dresses . He was to be shortened the next week , and Anne felt ready to cry at the thought of it . `` Suppose we buy it , Anne ? '' remarked Gilbert quietly . Anne dropped her sewing and stared at him . `` You 're not in earnest , Gilbert ? '' `` Indeed I am , dear . '' `` And leave this darling spot -- our house of dreams ? '' said Anne incredulously . `` Oh , Gilbert , it 's -- it 's unthinkable ! ''
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