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Chapter 2

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breathlessly, “Let me guess catching at his partially raised arm and shutting her eyes that she might not see his gesture. “Let me guess(begin strikethrough)”(end strikethrough) — I’m sure I’ll guess right.”

She opened her eyes and looked about her. They were on the crest of a hill. The sun had set some time since, but the landscape was still clear in the mello mellow after-light. Below was To the west a dark church spire rose up against a saffron marigold sky. Below was a little valley, and beyond a long gently-rising slope with snug farmsteads scattered along it. From one to another the child’s eyes darted, eager and wistful. At last they lingered on one away to the left, dimly far back from the road, dimly white with blossoming trees in the twilight of the surrounding woods. Over it, in


PHOTO ANNOTATION

black and white photo of a pale farmhouse amid in some trees

"They were on the crest of a hill": Montgomery's photograph of the home of her Macneill/Webb cousins, the inspiration for Green Gables house.
Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph, L.M. Montgomery Collection