Chapter XXI. A New Departure in Flavorings

           

           Dearme,thereisnothingbutmeetingsandpartingsinthisworld,asMrs.Lyndesays,”remarkedAnneplaintively,puttingherslateandbooksdownonthekitchentableonthelastdayofJuneandwipingherredeyeswithaverydamphandkerchief.“Wasn’titfortunate,Marilla,thatItookanextrahandkerchieftoschooltoday?Ihadapresentimentthatitwouldbeneeded.”

           “IneverthoughtyouweresofondofMr.Phillipsthatyou’drequiretwohandkerchiefstodryyourtearsjustbecausehewasgoingaway,”saidMarilla.

           “Idon’tthinkIwascryingbecauseIwasreallysoveryfondofhim,”reflectedAnne.“Ijustcriedbecausealltheothersdid.ItwasRubyGillisstartedit.RubyGillishasalwaysdeclaredshehatedMr.Phillips,butjustassoonashegotuptomakehisfarewellspeechsheburstintotears.Thenallthegirlsbegantocry,oneaftertheother.Itriedtoholdout,Marilla.ItriedtorememberthetimeMr.PhillipsmademesitwithGil—withaboy;andthetimehespelledmynamewithoutan‘e’ontheblackboard;andhowhesaidIwastheworstdunceheeversawatgeometryandlaughedatmyspelling;andallthetimeshehadbeensohorridandsarcastic;butsomehowIcouldn’t,Marilla,andIjusthadtocrytoo.JaneAndrewshasbeentalkingforamonthabouthowgladshe’dbewhenMr.Phillipswentawayandshedeclaredshe’dnevershedatear.Well,shewasworsethananyofusandhadtoborrowahandkerchieffromherbrother—ofcoursetheboysdidn’tcry—becauseshehadn’tbroughtoneofherown,notexpectingtoneedit.

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