Status Updates From Anne of Avonlea (Anne of Gr...

craziest part of reading this as an adult is realizing lavender lewis the elderly spinster snowy-haired old maid is FORTY-FIVE

“Anne and Diana had long ago decided what kind of a man they admired and their tastes seemed exactly similar. He must be very tall and distinguished looking, with melancholy, inscrutable eyes, and a melting, sympathetic voice. There was nothing either melancholy or inscrutable in Gilbert’s physiognomy, but of course that didn’t matter in friendship!”