I guess it was seldom that I have the chance to read one Anne book after another. For this round, I read Rilla of Ingleside, Anne of Green Gable, Rainbow Valley, and then Anne of Ingleside.
Surprisingly I found book number 6 a little flat. I complain to Elizabeth that the doings of Anne's children seemed a little expected compared to the Meredith children. Elizabeth answered that Anne's children were set but when an author brought in a new family, there is more scope for character development. That is true!
On page 216 we find what Clara Wilson said about the dead Peter Kirk during his funeral service. That was rather interesting! To top it, the widow actually thanked Clara for speaking. Peter Kirk probably deserved every word uttered out of hate, by the look of things. Yet Clara used to love him. He was able to win Amy(Clara's sister) as his wife. When Amy died, he married Olivia who was much younger than him. While it was not decorous to speak ill of the dead, nobody present would forget Peter Kirk's funeral.
On page 270 we find a tired Gilbert and a jealous, suspicious Anne. That evening they had to meet an old flame of Gilbert. Like the race that live in Venus, Anne was waiting for her husband to remember their wedding anniversary. Meanwhile, Gilbert was feeling guilty because the gift he ordered had not arrived. When Gilbert received a phone call confirming his diagnosis of a ticklish patient(which waiting kept him from being himself), he was once again the loving and attentive husband. All is well!
After seven pregnancies and births, it must not be easy to stay slim and attractive. If the love of a husband depends solely on that, no marriages would last.
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