`` Thank you , '' she said . `` And ... and ... you need n't mention that little conversation of mine with Jerry . '' `` I have no intention of mentioning it in any case , '' said Anne icily , for she would have seen every fence in Avonlea painted with advertisements before she would have stooped to bargain with a man who would sell his vote . `` Just so ... just so , '' agreed Judson , imagining that they understood each other beautifully . `` I did n't suppose you would . Of course , I was only stringing Jerry ... he thinks he 's so all-fired cute and smart . I 've no intention of voting for Amesbury . I 'm going to vote for Grant as I 've always done ... you 'll see that when the election comes off . I just led Jerry on to see if he would commit himself . And it 's all right about the fence ... you can tell the Improvers that . '' `` It takes all sorts of people to make a world , as I 've often heard , but I think there are some who could be spared , '' Anne told her reflection in the east gable mirror that night . `` I would n't have mentioned the disgraceful thing to a soul anyhow , so my conscience is clear on THAT score . I really do n't know who or what is to be thanked for this . I did nothing to bring it about , and it 's hard to believe that Providence ever works by means of the kind of politics men like Judson Parker and Jerry Corcoran have . '' XV The Beginning of Vacation Anne locked the schoolhouse door on a still , yellow evening , when the winds were purring in the spruces around the playground , and the shadows were long and lazy by the edge of the woods . She dropped the key into her pocket with a sigh of satisfaction . The school year was ended , she had been reengaged for the next , with many expressions of satisfaction . ... only Mr. Harmon Andrews told her she ought to use the strap oftener ... and two delightful months of a well-earned vacation beckoned her invitingly . Anne felt at peace with the world and herself as she walked down the hill with her basket of flowers in her hand . Since the earliest mayflowers Anne had never missed her weekly pilgrimage to Matthew 's grave .
Everyone else XXXXX Avonlea , except Marilla , had already forgotten quiet , shy , unimportant Matthew Cuthbert ; but his memory was still green in Anne 's heart and always would be .
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