I stopped under it and called Prissy . Before long Prissy came and opened it . She was so pale and woe-begone looking that I pitied her with all my heart . `` Prissy , where has Emmeline gone ? '' I asked . `` Down to Avonlea to see the Roger Pyes . They 're sick with measles , and Emmeline could n't take me because I 've never had measles . '' Poor Prissy ! She had never had anything a body ought to have . `` Then you just come and unfasten a shutter , and come right over to my house , '' I said exultantly . `` We 'll have Stephen and the minister here in no time . '' `` I ca n't -- Em ` line has locked me in here , '' said Prissy woefully . I was posed . No living mortal bigger than a baby could have got in or out of that closet window . `` Well , '' I said finally , `` I 'll put the signal up for Stephen anyhow , and we 'll see what can be done when he gets here . '' I did n't know how I was ever to get the signal up on that ventilator , for it was one of the days I take dizzy spells ; and if I took one up on the ladder there 'd probably be a funeral instead of a wedding . But Anne Shirley said she 'd put it up for me , and she did . I had never seen that girl before , and I 've never seen her since , but it 's my opinion that there was n't much she could n't do if she made up her mind to do it . Stephen was n't long in getting there and he brought the minister with him . Then we all , including Thomas -- who was beginning to get interested in the affair in spite of himself -- went over and held council of war beneath the closet window .
Thomas suggested breaking XXXXX doors and carrying Prissy off boldly , but I could see that Mr. Leonard looked very dubious over that , and even Stephen said he thought it could only be done as a last resort .
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