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OverviewPurchase of this book includes free trial access to www.million-books.com where you can read more than a million books for free. This is an OCR edition with typos. Excerpt from book: CHAPTER III Moonlit Mirth RILLA, who still buttoned up her eyes when she went to sleep so that she always looked as if she were laughing in her slumber, yawned, stretched, and smiled at Gertrude Oliver. The latter had come over from Lowbridge the previous evening and had been prevailed upon to remain for the dance at the Four Winds lighthouse the next night. The new day is knocking at the window. What will it bring us, I wonder. Miss Oliver shivered a little. She never greeted the days with Rilla's enthusiasm. She had lived long enough to know that a day may bring a terrible thing. I think the nicest thing about days is their unexpectedness/' went on Rilla. It's jolly to wake up like this on a golden-fine morning and wonder what surprise packet the day will hand you. I always daydream for ten minutes before I get up, imagining the heaps of splendid things that may happen before night. I hope something very unexpected will happen today, said Gertrude. I hope the mail will bring us news that war has been averted between Germany and France. Oh yes, said Rilla vaguely. It will be dreadful if it isn't, I suppose. But it won't really matter much to us, will it ? I think a war would be so exciting. The Boer war was, they say, but I don't remember anything about it, of course. Miss Oliver, shallI wear my white dress tonight or my new green one ? The green one is by far the prettier, of course, but I'm almost afraid to wear it to a shore dance for fear something will happen to it. And will you do my hair the new way? None of the other girls in the Glen wear it yet and it will make such a sensation. How did you induce your mother to let you go to the dance ? Oh, Walter coaxed her over. He knew I would be heart-broken if I didn't go. It's m... Full Product DetailsAuthor: Lucy Maud MontgomeryPublisher: General Books LLC Imprint: General Books LLC Dimensions: Width: 22.90cm , Height: 1.30cm , Length: 15.20cm Weight: 0.350kg ISBN: 9781458966902ISBN 10: 1458966909 Pages: 234 Publication Date: 04 August 2009 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: In Print  This item will be ordered in for you from one of our suppliers. Upon receipt, we will promptly dispatch it out to you. For in store availability, please contact us. Table of ContentsReviewsAuthor InformationTab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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