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338 RAINBOW VALLEYA vision of Susan in "white and a veil"presenteditself before Anne's inner vision and was almost toomuch for her."As for Mr. Meredith," said Miss Cornelia, "evenhis engagement has made a different man of him. Heisn't half so dreamy and absent-minded, believe me.I was so relieved when I heard that he had decided toclose the manse and let the children visitround whilehe was away on his honeymoon. If he had left themand old Aunt Martha there alone for a month I shouldhave expected to wake every morning and see theplace burned down.""Aunt Martha and Jerry are coming here," saidAnne. "Carl isgoingheard where the girls are going."to Elder Clow's. I haven't"Oh, I'm going to take them," said Miss Cornelia."Of course I was glad to, but Mary would have givenme no peacetill I asked them any way. The Ladies'Aid isgoing to clean the manse from top to bottombefore the bride and groom come back, and NormanDouglas has arranged to fill the cellar with vegetables.Nobody ever saw or heard anything quite like NormanDouglas these days,believe me. He's so tickled thathe's going to marry Ellen West after wantingher allhis life. If 7 was Ellen but then, I'm not, and ifshe is satisfied I can very well be. I heard her sayyears ago when she was a schoolgirl that she didn'twant a tame puppy for a husband. There's nothingtame about Norman, believe me."