Since you are determined to be married, Miss Cornelia," said Gilbert solemnly, "I shall give you the excellent rules for the management of a husband which my grandmother gave my mother when she married my father." "Well, I reckon I can manage Marshall Elliott," said Miss Cornelia placidly. "But let us hear your rules." "The first one is, catch him." "He's caught. Go on." "The second one is, feed him well." "With enough pie. What next?" "The third and fourth are-- keep your eye on him.

She looks just as music sounds, I think,' answered Anne.

Gilbert, I'm afraid I'm scandalously in love with you.

He had also the reputation of being a bit of a lady killer. But that probably accrued to him from his possession of a laughing, velvety voice which no girl could hear without a heartbeat, and a dangerous way of listening as if she were saying something that he had longed all his life to hear.

As a rule, I am very careful to be shallow and conventional where depth and originality are wasted.

Don't you ever imagine things differently than what they are? Oh, Marilla, how much you miss.

she was richer in those dreams than in realities; for things seen pass away, but the things that are unseen are eternal.