Anne's House of Dreams

Gilbert was accustomed to refer to himself as "an old married man." But he still looked upon Anne with the incredulous eyes of a lover. He couldn't wholly believe yet that she was really his. It MIGHT be only a dream after all, part and parcel of this magic house of dreams. His soul still went on tip-toe before her, lest the charm be shattered and the dream dispelled.

Picture to yourself how awful it would be if he was to suck the darling's breath."

"That might be fitly called a CAT-astrophe," said Gilbert.

I'm like to bust, girls.

It was Eve ate the apple, Miss Cornelia."

"'Twas a he-creature tempted her,"

"You must take your doctor's advice," said Gilbert.

The woods call to us with a hundred voices, but the sea has one only—a mighty voice that drowns our souls in its majestic music.

You'll stay right here with me, Anne-girl," said Gilbert lazily. "I won't have you flying away from me into the hearts of storms

She was his at last, this evasive, long-sought Anne, won after years of patient waiting.

"I have a few books of father's—not many," she said.

"I hope you'll look on our bookshelves as your own," said Anne.