Anne ran blithely up the hill and into the kitchen , where a hot supper was waiting on the table . `` So you 've got back ? '' said Marilla , folding up her knitting . `` Yes , and oh , it 's so good to be back , '' said Anne joyously . `` I could kiss everything , even to the clock . Marilla , a broiled chicken ! You do n't mean to say you cooked that for me ! '' `` Yes , I did , '' said Marilla . `` I thought you 'd be hungry after such a drive and need something real appetizing . Hurry and take off your things , and we 'll have supper as soon as Matthew comes in . I 'm glad you 've got back , I must say . It 's been fearful lonesome here without you , and I never put in four longer days . '' After supper Anne sat before the fire between Matthew and Marilla , and gave them a full account of her visit . `` I 've had a splendid time , '' she concluded happily , `` and I feel that it marks an epoch in my life . But the best of it all was the coming home . '' CHAPTER XXX . The Queens Class Is Organized Marilla laid her knitting on her lap and leaned back in her chair . Her eyes were tired , and she thought vaguely that she must see about having her glasses changed the next time she went to town , for her eyes had grown tired very often of late . It was nearly dark , for the full November twilight had fallen around Green Gables , and the only light in the kitchen came from the dancing red flames in the stove . Anne was curled up Turk-fashion on the hearthrug , gazing into that joyous glow where the sunshine of a hundred summers was being distilled from the maple cordwood .
She had been reading , but her book had slipped XXXXX the floor , and now she was dreaming , with a smile on her parted lips .
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