When I get old I shall have rheumatism when the wind is east . '' `` And is n't it jolly when you discard furs and winter garments for the first time and sally forth , like this , in spring attire ? '' laughed Priscilla . `` Do n't you feel as if you had been made over new ? '' `` Everything is new in the spring , '' said Anne . `` Springs themselves are always so new , too . No spring is ever just like any other spring . It always has something of its own to be its own peculiar sweetness . See how green the grass is around that little pond , and how the willow buds are bursting . '' `` And exams are over and gone -- the time of Convocation will come soon -- next Wednesday . This day next week we 'll be home . '' `` I 'm glad , '' said Anne dreamily . `` There are so many things I want to do . I want to sit on the back porch steps and feel the breeze blowing down over Mr. Harrison 's fields . I want to hunt ferns in the Haunted Wood and gather violets in Violet Vale . Do you remember the day of our golden picnic , Priscilla ? I want to hear the frogs singing and the poplars whispering . But I 've learned to love Kingsport , too , and I 'm glad I 'm coming back next fall . If I had n't won the Thorburn I do n't believe I could have . I COULD N'T take any of Marilla 's little hoard . ''
`` XXXXX we could only find a house ! ''
If Kingsport Marilla around for in like of over to