"She got a letter this afternoon and since then she has just been walking round the garden and talking to herself.

You know it is not good for her to be on her feet so much, doctor, dear.

She did not see fit to tell me what her news was, and I am no pry, doctor, dear, and never was, but it is plain something has upset her.

And it is not good for her to be upset." Gilbert hurried rather anxiously to the garden.

Had anything happened at Green Gables?
But Anne, sitting on the rustic seat by the brook, did not look troubled, though she was certainly much excited.