Then all day he plays here in the garden ... and I play with him . Such games as we have . We run races and talk with the echoes ; and I tell him stories . And when twilight comes ... '' `` I know , '' interrupted Paul eagerly . `` He comes and sits beside you ... SO ... because of course at twelve he 'd be too big to climb into your lap ... and lays his head on your shoulder ... SO ... and you put your arms about him and hold him tight , tight , and rest your cheek on his head ... yes , that 's the very way . Oh , you DO know , Miss Lavendar . '' Anne found the two of them there when she came out of the stone house , and something in Miss Lavendar 's face made her hate to disturb them . `` I 'm afraid we must go , Paul , if we want to get home before dark . Miss Lavendar , I 'm going to invite myself to Echo Lodge for a whole week pretty soon . '' `` If you come for a week I 'll keep you for two , '' threatened Miss Lavendar . XXVIII The Prince Comes Back to the Enchanted Palace The last day of school came and went . A triumphant `` semi-annual examination '' was held and Anne 's pupils acquitted themselves splendidly . At the close they gave her an address and a writing desk . All the girls and ladies present cried , and some of the boys had it cast up to them later on that they cried too , although they always denied it . Mrs. Harmon Andrews , Mrs. Peter Sloane , and Mrs. William Bell walked home together and talked things over . `` I do think it is such a pity Anne is leaving when the children seem so much attached to her , '' sighed Mrs. Peter Sloane , who had a habit of sighing over everything and even finished off her jokes that way . `` To be sure , '' she added hastily , `` we all know we 'll have a good teacher next year too . '' `` Jane will do her duty , I 've no doubt , '' said Mrs. Andrews rather stiffly . `` I do n't suppose she 'll tell the children quite so many fairy tales or spend so much time roaming about the woods with them . But she has her name on the Inspector 's Roll of Honor and the Newbridge people are in a terrible state over her leaving . ''
`` I 'm real glad Anne is going XXXXX college , '' said Mrs. Bell .
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