Chapter 31 - (VERSO)
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be built to Carmody by that time[.]”
“It won’t be the same thing as having here her here all the time,” sighed Marilla gloomily. (begin superscript)S17(end superscript) “But there – men can’t understand these things.”
There were other changes in Anne no less real than the physical change. For one thing, she became much quieter. Perhaps she thought all the more and dreamed as much as ever, but she certainly talked less. Marilla noticed and commented on this also.
“You don’t chatter half as much as you used to, Anne, nor use half as many big words. What has come over you?”
Anne coloured and laughed a little, as she dropped her book and looked dreamily out of the window where the
LMM Notes
LMM Note S17
determined to enjoy her luxury of grief uncomforted.
TEXT ANNOTATION
"talked less": Either a fresh dip of Montgomery's pen, or even a new bottle of ink, between these two sentences.