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tears of pleasure to the girl’s eyes. Neither did good Mrs. Lynde. She came up one evening and found Anne and Marilla sitting at the front door in the warm scented summer dusk. O19

Mrs. Rachel deposited her substantial person upon the stone bench by the door, behind which grew a row of tall pink and yellow hollyhocks, with a long breath of mingled weariness and relief.

“I deca declare I’m glad to sit down. I’ve been on my feet all day and two hundred pounds is a good bit for two feet to carry round. It’s a great blessing not to be fat, Marilla, (begin subscript)^(end subscript)(begin superscript)I hope you appreciate it.(end superscript) Well, Anne, I hear you’ve given up your notion of going to college. I was real glad to hear it. You’ve got as much education now as a woman can be

 

LMM Notes

LMM Note O19
They liked to sit there when the twilight came down and the white moths flew about in the garden and the odour of mint filled the dewy air.



PHOTO ANNOTATION

a clump of red and pink hollyhocks with tall thin spires reaching up to 6 feet in the air

"tall pink and yellow hollyhocks": Hollyhocks at Green Gables Heritage Place.
Parks Canada