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1ANNE was bringing the cows home from the back pasture by way of Lover's Lane. It was a September evening and all the
2gaps and clearings in the woods were brimmed up with ruby sunset light. Here and there the lane was splashed with it,
3but for the most part it was already quite shadowy beneath the maples, and the spaces under the firs were filled with a
4clear violet dusk like airy wine. The winds were out in their tops, and there is no sweeter music on earth than that
5which the wind makes in the fir trees at evening. The cows swung placidly down the lane, and Anne followed them
6dreamily, repeating aloud the battle canto from Marmion--which had also been part of their English course the preceding
7winter and which Miss Stacy had made them learn off by heart--and exulting in its rushing lines and the clash of spears
8in its imagery. When she came to the lines The stubborn spearsmen still made good Their dark impenetrable wood, she
9stopped in ecstasy to shut her eyes that she might the better fancy herself one of that heroic ring. When she opened
10them again it was to behold Diana coming through the gate that led into the Barry field and looking so important that
11Anne instantly divined there was news to be told. But betray too eager curiosity she would not. "Isn't this evening just
12like a purple dream, Diana? It makes me so glad to be alive. In the mornings I always think the mornings are best; but
13when evening comes I think it's lovelier still." "It's a very fine evening," said Diana, "but oh, I have such news,
14Anne. Guess. You can have three guesses." "Charlotte Gillis is going to be married in the church after all and Mrs.
15Allan wants us to decorate it," cried Anne. "No. Charlotte's beau won't agree to that, because nobody ever has been
16married in the church yet, and he thinks it would seem too much like a funeral. It's too mean, because it would be such
17fun. Guess again." "Jane's mother is going to let her have a birthday party?" Diana shook her head, her black eyes
18dancing with merriment. "I can't think what it can be," said Anne in despair, "unless it's that Moody Spurgeon
19MacPherson saw you home from prayer meeting last night. Did he?" "I should think not," exclaimed Diana indignantly. "I
20wouldn't be likely to boast of it if he did, the horrid creature! I knew you couldn't guess it. Mother had a letter from
21Aunt Josephine today, and Aunt Josephine wants you and me to go to town next Tuesday and stop with her for the
22Exhibition. There!" "Oh, Diana," whispered Anne, finding it necessary to lean up against a maple tree for support, "do
23you really mean it? But I'm afraid Marilla won't let me go. She will say that she can't encourage gadding about. That
24was what she said last week when Jane invited me to go with them in their double-seated buggy to the American concert at
25the White Sands Hotel. I wanted to go, but Marilla said I'd be better at home learning my lessons and so would Jane. I
26was bitterly disappointed, Diana. I felt so heartbroken that I wouldn't say my prayers when I went to bed. But I
27repented of that and got up in the middle of the night and said them." "I'll tell you," said Diana, "we'll get Mother to
28ask Marilla. She'll be more likely to let you go then; and if she does we'll have the time of our lives, Anne. I've
29never been to an Exhibition, and it's so aggravating to hear the other girls talking about their trips. Jane and Ruby
30have been twice, and they're going this year again." "I'm not going to think about it at all until I know whether I can
31go or not," said Anne resolutely. "If I did and then was disappointed, it would be more than I could bear. But in case I
32do go I'm very glad my new coat will be ready by that time. Marilla didn't think I needed a new coat. She said my old
33one would do very well for another winter and that I ought to be satisfied with having a new dress. The dress is very
34pretty, Diana--navy blue and made so fashionably. Marilla always makes my dresses fashionably now, because she says she
35doesn't intend to have Matthew going to Mrs. Lynde to make them. I'm so glad. It is ever so much easier to be good if
36your clothes are fashionable. At least, it is easier for me. I suppose it doesn't make such a difference to naturally
37good people. But Matthew said I must have a new coat, so Marilla bought a lovely piece of blue broadcloth, and it's
38being made by a real dressmaker over at Carmody. It's to be done Saturday night, and I'm trying not to imagine myself
39walking up the church aisle on Sunday in my new suit and cap, because I'm afraid it isn't right to imagine such things.
40But it just slips into my mind in spite of me. My cap is so pretty. Matthew bought it for me the day we were over at
41Carmody. It is one of those little blue velvet ones that are all the rage, with gold cord and tassels. Your new hat is
42elegant, Diana, and so becoming. When I saw you come into church last Sunday my heart swelled with pride to think you
43were my dearest friend. Do you suppose it's wrong for us to think so much about our clothes? Marilla says it is very
44sinful. But it is such an interesting subject, isn't it?" Marilla agreed to let Anne go to town, and it was arranged
45that Mr. Barry should take the girls in on the following Tuesday. As Charlottetown was thirty miles away and Mr. Barry
46wished to go and return the same day, it was necessary to make a very early start. But Anne counted it all joy, and was
47up before sunrise on Tuesday morning. A glance from her window assured her that the day would be fine, for the eastern
48sky behind the firs of the Haunted Wood was all silvery and cloudless. Through the gap in the trees a light was shining
49in the western gable of Orchard Slope, a token that Diana was also up. Anne was dressed by the time Matthew had the fire
50on and had the breakfast ready when Marilla came down, but for her own part was much too excited to eat. After breakfast
51the jaunty new cap and jacket were donned, and Anne hastened over the brook and up through the firs to Orchard Slope.
52Mr. Barry and Diana were waiting for her, and they were soon on the road. It was a long drive, but Anne and Diana
53enjoyed every minute of it. It was delightful to rattle along over the moist roads in the early red sunlight that was
54creeping across the shorn harvest fields. The air was fresh and crisp, and little smoke-blue mists curled through the
55valleys and floated off from the hills. Sometimes the road went through woods where maples were beginning to hang out
56scarlet banners; sometimes it crossed rivers on bridges that made Anne's flesh cringe with the old, half-delightful
57fear; sometimes it wound along a harbor shore and passed by a little cluster of weather-gray fishing huts; again it
58mounted to hills whence a far sweep of curving upland or misty-blue sky could be seen; but wherever it went there was
59much of interest to discuss. It was almost noon when they reached town and found their way to "Beechwood." It was quite
60a fine old mansion, set back from the street in a seclusion of green elms and branching beeches. Miss Barry met them at
61the door with a twinkle in her sharp black eyes. "So you've come to see me at last, you Anne-girl," she said. "Mercy,
62child, how you have grown! You're taller than I am, I declare. And you're ever so much better-looking than you used to
63be, too. But I dare say you know that without being told." "Indeed I didn't," said Anne radiantly. "I know I'm not so
64freckled as I used to be, so I've much to be thankful for, but I really hadn't dared to hope there was any other
65improvement. I'm so glad you think there is, Miss Barry." Miss Barry's house was furnished with "great magnificence," as
66Anne told Marilla afterward. The two little country girls were rather abashed by the splendor of the parlor where Miss
67Barry left them when she went to see about dinner.
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