`` Next month . Of course it will be very quiet . I suppose people will talk terrible . They 'll say I made enough haste to snap John up as soon as his poor mother was out of the way . John wanted to let them know the truth but I said , ` No , John ; after all she was your mother , and we 'll keep the secret between us , and not cast any shadow on her memory . I do n't mind what people say , now that I know the truth myself . It do n't matter a mite . Let it all be buried with the dead ' says I to him . So I coaxed him round to agree with me . '' `` You 're much more forgiving than I could ever be , '' Anne said , rather crossly . `` You 'll feel differently about a good many things when you get to be my age , '' said Janet tolerantly . `` That 's one of the things we learn as we grow older -- how to forgive . It comes easier at forty than it did at twenty . '' Chapter XXXV The Last Redmond Year Opens `` Here we are , all back again , nicely sunburned and rejoicing as a strong man to run a race , '' said Phil , sitting down on a suitcase with a sigh of pleasure . `` Is n't it jolly to see this dear old Patty 's Place again -- and Aunty -- and the cats ? Rusty has lost another piece of ear , has n't he ? '' `` Rusty would be the nicest cat in the world if he had no ears at all , '' declared Anne loyally from her trunk , while Rusty writhed about her lap in a frenzy of welcome . `` Are n't you glad to see us back , Aunty ? '' demanded Phil . `` Yes .
But I wish you 'd tidy things up , '' said Aunt Jamesina plaintively , looking at the wilderness XXXXX trunks and suitcases by which the four laughing , chattering girls were surrounded .
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