There was another little girl at the manse to tea , from the White Sands Sunday school . Her name was Laurette Bradley , and she was a very nice little girl . Not exactly a kindred spirit , you know , but still very nice . We had an elegant tea , and I think I kept all the rules of etiquette pretty well . After tea Mrs. Allan played and sang and she got Lauretta and me to sing too . Mrs. Allan says I have a good voice and she says I must sing in the Sunday-school choir after this . You ca n't think how I was thrilled at the mere thought . I 've longed so to sing in the Sunday-school choir , as Diana does , but I feared it was an honor I could never aspire to . Lauretta had to go home early because there is a big concert in the White Sands Hotel tonight and her sister is to recite at it . Lauretta says that the Americans at the hotel give a concert every fortnight in aid of the Charlottetown hospital , and they ask lots of the White Sands people to recite . Lauretta said she expected to be asked herself someday . I just gazed at her in awe . After she had gone Mrs. Allan and I had a heart-to-heart talk . I told her everything -- about Mrs. Thomas and the twins and Katie Maurice and Violetta and coming to Green Gables and my troubles over geometry . And would you believe it , Marilla ? Mrs. Allan told me she was a dunce at geometry too . You do n't know how that encouraged me . Mrs. Lynde came to the manse just before I left , and what do you think , Marilla ? The trustees have hired a new teacher and it 's a lady . Her name is Miss Muriel Stacy .
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