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Chapter 2

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I shall always call it the White Way of Delight. Have we really only another mile to go before we get home? I’m glad and I’m sorry. I’m sorry because this drive has been so pleasant and I’m always sorry when pleasant things end. Something still pleasanter may come after, but you can never be sure. And it’s so often the case that it isn’t pleasanter. (begin subscript)^(end subscript)(begin superscript)That has been my experience anyhow.(end superscript) But I’m glad to think of getting home. You see, I’ve never had a real home since I can remember. It gives me that pleasant ache again just to think of coming to a really truly home. Oh, isn’t that pretty!”

They had driven over the crest of a hill. Below there was a pond, looking almost like a river so long and winding was it. A bridge



PHOTO ANNOTATION

photo of a wooden bridge crossing a narrow pond in muted shades of green and brown

"Below there was a pond": Montgomery's hand-tinted photograph of a bridge crossing "The Lake of Shining Waters" in Park Corner, Prince Edward Island.
Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph, L.M. Montgomery Collection