s to marry a
dozen Yankees! Tom's kind of nice. And besides, I thought I'd better
not be too hard to please, for I mightn't get another chance. Tom
don't drink and he don't growl because he has to work between meals,
and when all's said and done I'm satisfied, Miss Shirley, ma'am."

"Does he call you Leonora?" asked Anne.

"Goodness, no, Miss Shirley, ma'am. I wouldn't know who he meant if he
did. Of course, when we got married he had to say, 'I take thee,
Leonora,' and I declare to you, Miss Shirley, ma'am, I've had the most
dreadful feeling ever since that it wasn't me he was talking to and I
haven't been rightly married at all. And so you're going to be married
yourself, Miss Shirley, ma'am? I always thought I'd like to marry a
doctor. It would be so handy when the children had measles and croup.
Tom is only a bricklayer, but he's real good-tempered. When I said to
him, says I, 'Tom, can I go to Miss Shirley's wedding? I mean to go
anyhow, but I'd like to have your consent,' he just says, 'Suit
yourself, Charlotta, and you'll suit me.' That's a real pleasant kind
of husband to have, Miss Shirley, ma'am."

Philippa and her Reverend Jo arrived at Green Gables the day before the
wedding. Anne and Phil had a rapturous meeting which presently
simmered down to a cosy, confidential chat over all that had been and
was about to be.

"Queen Anne, you're as queenly as ever. I've got fearfully thin since
the babies came. I'm not half so good-looking; but I think Jo likes
it. There's not such a contrast between us, you see. And oh, it's
perfectly magnificent that you're going to marry Gilbert. Roy Gardner
wouldn't have done at all, at all. I can see that now, though I was
horribly disappointed at the time. You know, Anne, you did treat Roy
very badly."

"He has recovered, I understand," smiled Anne.

"Oh, yes. He is married and his wife is a sweet little thing and
they're perfectly happy. Everything works together for good. Jo and
the Bible say that, and they are pretty good authorities."

"Are Alec and Alonzo married yet?"

"Alec is, but Alonzo isn't. How those dear old days at Patty's Place
come back when I'm talking to you, Anne! What fun we had!"

"Have you been to Patty's Place lately?"

"Oh, yes, I go often. Miss Patty and Miss Maria still sit by the
fireplace and knit. And that reminds me--we've brought you a wedding
gift from them, Anne. Guess what it is."

"I never could. How did