Anne of the Island - L. M. Montgomery

Chapter XXXII Tea with Mrs. Douglas On the first Thursday night of Anne’s sojourn in Valley Road Janet a ...

him and dropped obligingly behind on the moonlit road. So Janet had a beau! Anne was delighted. Janet would ma ...

hideous dress, and John Douglas sat without smiling. At the tea table Mrs. Douglas gracefully asked Janet to pou ...

Yet she could not imagine why. She seemed to have absolutely nothing to say to this sweet, smiling, angelic o ...

Chapter XXXIII “He Just Kept Coming and Coming” Three days later Anne came home from school and foun ...

“Oh, she does. She’s told me time and again that she’d love to see John settled before her time ...

“Stop! Stop!” Anne called wildly after him, not caring in the least for the other dumbfounded onlookers. “Mr. ...

Chapter XXXIV John Douglas Speaks at Last Anne was not without a feeble hope that something might come ...

“Yep.” There was another long silence. Finally Sam removed his straw again and said, “Will yeh hev me?” “Wh—a—t!” ...

“I like cats as IS cats. I don’t like cats as is women,” was Alec’s cryptic reply. Janet came home ...

though I’ve gone on my knees to her in my turn to beg her to let me off.” “Why didn’t you tell me th ...

Chapter XXXV The Last Redmond Year Opens “Here we are, all back again, nicely sunburned and rejoicing as ...

never before could hold fast to anything. Father was calmer. Father’s own daddy was a minister, so you se ...

“Widowers and sheep’s eyes don’t sound very romantic, Aunty.” “Well, no; but young folks aren’t always roma ...

pouring rainy night like this, coming after a hard day’s grind, would squelch any one but a Mark Tapl ...

quarts of tears while writing it, and the other girls shed gallons while I read it. Jane Andrews’ mot ...

Chapter XXXVI The Gardners’Call “Here is a letter with an Indian stamp for you, Aunt Jimsie,” said Phi ...

stories before she went to the foreign field, but now she has turned her attention to higher things. She used to sa ...

Friday afternoon none of the girls had classes at Redmond. Stella took the opportunity to write a paper ...

Anne, despite her affection for Rusty, was not especially fond of cats, but Mrs. Gardner’s tone annoyed ...