Well , I must be going , too . '' Anne and Gilbert discreetly melted away ; but when Owen had gone Anne returned , to find Leslie standing by the hearth . `` Oh , Leslie -- I know -- and I 'm so glad , dear , '' she said , putting her arms about her . `` Anne , my happiness frightens me , '' whispered Leslie . `` It seems too great to be real -- I 'm afraid to speak of it -- to think of it . It seems to me that it must just be another dream of this house of dreams and it will vanish when I leave here . '' `` Well , you are not going to leave here -- until Owen takes you . You are going to stay with me until that times comes . Do you think I 'd let you go over to that lonely , sad place again ? '' `` Thank you , dear . I meant to ask you if I might stay with you . I did n't want to go back there -- it would seem like going back into the chill and dreariness of the old life again . Anne , Anne , what a friend you 've been to me -- ' a good , sweet woman -- true and faithful and to be depended on ' -- Captain Jim summed you up . '' `` He said ` women , ' not ` woman , ' '' smiled Anne . `` Perhaps Captain Jim sees us both through the rose-colored spectacles of his love for us . But we can try to live up to his belief in us , at least . '' `` Do you remember , Anne , '' said Leslie slowly , `` that I once said -- that night we met on the shore -- that I hated my good looks ? I did -- then . It always seemed to me that if I had been homely Dick would never have thought of me . I hated my beauty because it had attracted him , but now -- oh , I 'm glad that I have it .
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