Anne of the Island - L. M. Montgomery

Chapter XIII The Way of Transgressors Davy and Dora were ready for Sunday School. They were going alone, ...

had come to Green Gables, for Mrs. Lynde could not live with anybody, whether they were nine or ...

“Satan made you do that,” said Dora reproachfully. “He didn’t,” cried Davy indignantly. “I just thoug ...

if only that hateful Frank Bell had never kissed her! Then she could have defied Davy, and gone t ...

“There are lots of things you wouldn’t dare say before everybody,” averred Dora. “No, there isn’t.” “There is ...

“Yes’m”—quakingly. “Was prayer-meeting?” “I—I don’t know.” “YOU should know. You should listen more atte ...

“‘Cause I was so bad today, Anne. Oh, I was awful bad—badder’n I’ve ever been yet.” “What did you do?” “Oh, ...

“You bet!” “And you’ll never be bad like that again.” “No, but—” added Davy cautiously, “I might be ...

Chapter XIV The Summons Anne was sitting with Ruby Gillis in the Gillis’ garden after the day had crept lingering ...

taken the pins out—they made her head ache, she said. The hectic flush was gone for the time, leaving ...

and what it holds for us. I don’t think it can be so very different from life here as most peopl ...

could have screamed. “But you won’t be frightened any more, Ruby, will you? You’ll be brave, and believ ...

might not be disregarded or evaded. The next morning the word went from house to house that Ruby Gillis ...

“Yes, I think she will,” said Anne. “Oh, Anne,” protested Diana, with a rather shocked smile. “Well, why ...

Chapter XV A Dream Turned Upside Down “Just one more week and we go back to Redmond,” said Anne. She ...

delight.” Anne, puzzled, opened the letter and glanced over the typewritten contents. Miss Anne ...

Anne choked a little over the word—“baking powder.” “Oh, I put that in,” said Diana, reassured. “It ...

“I must confess I can’t. WHAT is wrong?” “Everything,” moaned Anne. “I feel as if I were disgraced ...

Chapter XVI Adjusted Relationships “It’s the homiest spot I ever saw—it’s homier than home,” avowed Phili ...

“It is perfectly amazing, the price they pay for such lies, that’s what,” she said, half-proudly, half-sever ...