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Chapter 36

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springing step to his.

“You’ve been working too hard to-day, Matthew,” she said reproachfully. “Why won’t you take things easy easier?”

“Well, now, I can’t seem to,” said Matthew, as he opened the (begin subscript)^(end subscript)(begin superscript)yard(end superscript) gate to let the cows through. “It’s only that I’m getting old, Anne, and keep forgetting it. Well, well, I’ve always worked pretty hard and I’d rather drop in harness.”

“If I had been the boy you sent for,” said Anne wistfully, “I’d be able to help you so much now and spare you in a hundred ways. I could find it in my heart to wish I had been, just for that.”

“Wll “Well, now, I’d rather have you than a dozen boys, Anne,” said


PHOTO ANNOTATION

black and white photo of a sunny spot on Lover's Lane, a gate to the left in some tall trees

"he opened the (begin subscript)^(end subscript)(begin superscript)yard(end superscript) gate": Montgomery's photo of Lover's Lane, leading around trees.
Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph, L.M. Montgomery Collection