But of course I went while I was at the asylum.

I can read pretty well and I know ever so many pieces of poetry off by heart--'The Battle of Hohenlinden' and 'Edinburgh after Flodden,' and 'Bingen of the Rhine,' and most of the 'Lady of the Lake' and most of 'The Seasons' by James Thompson.

Don't you just love poetry that gives you a crinkly feeling up and down your back?
There is a piece in the Fifth Reader--'The Downfall of Poland'-- that is just full of thrills.

Of course, I wasn't in the Fifth Reader--I was only in the Fourth--but the big girls used to lend me theirs to read." "Were those women--Mrs.Thomas and Mrs.Hammond--good to you ?" asked Marilla, looking at Anne out of the corner of her eye.
"O-o-o-h," faltered Anne.

Her sensitive little face suddenly flushed scarlet and embarrassment sat on her brow.