Alphonse Maria Mucha Gismonda painting

Alphonse Maria Mucha Gismonda paintingAlphonse Maria Mucha Dance paintingMichelangelo Buonarroti Crucifix painting
old hat, of course, for us old D.A. lags . . . And how are you, Ron -- Hermione?"
Before they could say more than "fine," the dungeon door opened and Slughorn's belly preceded him out of the door. As they filed into the room, his great walrus mustache curved above his beaming mouth, and he greeted Harry and Zabini with particular enthusiasm.
The dungeon was, most unusually, already full of vapors and odd smells. Harry, Ron, and Hermione sniffed interestedly as they passed large, bubbling cauldrons. The four Slytherins took a table together, as did the four Ravenclaws. This left Harry, Ron, and Hermione to share a table with Ernie. They chose the one nearest a gold-colored cauldron that was emitting one of the most seductive scents

Frederic Remington The Cowboy painting

Frederic Remington The Cowboy paintingFrederic Remington Against the Sunset paintingThomas Kinkade venice painting
. . you are, I believe, complete novices in the use of nonverbal spells. What is the advantage of a nonverbal spell?"
Hermione's hand shot into the air. Snape took his time looking around at everybody else, making sure he had no choice, before saying curtly, "Very well - Miss Granger?"
"Your adversary has no warning about what kind of magic you're about to perform," said Hermione, "which gives you a split-second advantage."
"An answer copied almost word for word from The Standard Book of Spells, Grade Six," said Snape dismissively (over in the corner, Malfoy sniggered), "but correct in essentials. Yes, those who progress in using magic without shouting incantations gain an element of surprise

Johannes Vermeer The Concert painting

Johannes Vermeer The Concert painting
Gustave Courbet The Origin of the World painting
　With all of their eyes upon him, Harry reached up to the top of his head, grabbed a hank of hair, and pulled.

　　　"Good," said Moody, limping forward as he pulled the stopper out of the flask of potion. "Straight in here, if you please."

　　　Harry dropped the hair into the mudlike liquid. The moment it made contact with its surface, the potion began to froth and smoke, then, all at once, it turned a clear, bright gold.

　　　"Ooh, you look much tastier than Crabbe and Goyle, Harry," said Hermione, before catching sight of Ron's raised eyebrows, blushing slightly, and saying, "Oh, you know what I mean – Goyle's potion tasted like bogies."

"Right then, fake Potters line up over here, please," said Moody.

　　　Ron, Hermione, Fred, George, and Fleur lined up in front of Aunt Petunia's gleaming sink.

Gustav Klimt Death and Life painting

Gustav Klimt Death and Life painting
Gustav Klimt Danae painting
"Arthur's done a bit o' tinkerin'," said Hagrid, quite oblivious to Harry's discomfort. He settled himself astride the motorcycle, which creaked slightly and sank inches into the ground. "It's got a few tricks up its sleeves now. Tha' one was my idea." He pointed a thick finger at a purple button near the speedometer.

　　　"Please be careful, Hagrid." said Mr. Weasley, who was standing beside them, holding his broomstick. "I'm still not sure that was advisable and it's certainly only to be used in emergencies."

　　　"All right, then." said Moody. "Everyone ready, please. I want us all to leave at exactly the same time or the whole point of the diversion's lost."

Titian The Fall of Man painting

Titian The Fall of Man painting
John William Godward Nu Sur La Plage painting
minutes respectively in the sleeve, cuff, stent, and control groups. One-week survival rate was 86.5% in the control, and 86.7% in the groups with rearterialization. No significant difference was detected in the survival rate between them (P>0.05). The incidence of biliary complications in non-rearterialized group (17.7%) was significantly higher than that in the rearterialized group (6.7%, P<0.05).>0.05).Conclusions The OLT with rearterialization is more physiological than that without rearterialization, and leads to a lower rate of bile duct complications. Among the three methods of rearterialization, sleeve anastomosis is associated with a higher survival rate, allowing less dissection and less injury to the surrounding tissues.

Caravaggio Amor Vincit Omnia painting

Caravaggio Amor Vincit Omnia painting
Raphael Saint George and the Dragon painting
Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive OfficeInternational Business Machine CorporationLouis V. Gerstner, Jr., was named chairman and chief executive officer of International Business Machines Corporation on April 1, 1993.Prior to joining IBM, Mr. Gerstner served for four years as chairman and chief executive officer of RJR Nabisco, Inc. This was preceded by an 11-year career at American Express Company, where he was president of the parent company and chairman and CEO of its largest subsidiary, American Express Travel Related Services Company. Prior to that, Mr. Gerstner was a director of the management consulting firm of McKinsey & Co., Inc., which he joined in 1965.

Thomas Kinkade Christmas Cottage painting

Thomas Kinkade Christmas Cottage painting
Thomas Kinkade almost heaven painting
By every account, Caroline, 41, was extremely close to her brother. Together, they endured the assassinations of their father in 1963 and their uncle in 1968.They adjusted when their mother married Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis. They did well in private schools in New York, avoided drugs and scandals — and were kept far from their cousins and the rest of the Kennedys in Massachusetts."We are all waiting here," said Martha Sgubin, who works for Ms. Kennedy's family and who answered the phone Sunday.Asked to describe the mood there, she said: "I can't really talk — it's very difficult."

Caravaggio Supper at Emmaus painting

Caravaggio Supper at Emmaus painting
Caravaggio Judith Beheading Holofernes painting

Longtime Compaq Computer Corp Chairman Ben Rosen, who played a key role in ushering in the age of personal computing, said goodbye to the company on October 12, 2000 in a ceremony marking his retirement.
NEW YORK - Compaq Computer Corp. (NYSE:CPQ), on Tuesday reported its third-quarter profit surged on strong sales across all its product lines, but the world's No. 1 personal computer maker promptly spoiled the party by warning its fourth-quarter profit would be hurt by a weak euro. The better-than-expected third-quarter profit and revenues, following a series of disappointments from its rivals, signaled a turnaround for Compaq, which a year ago was showing stagnant revenue growth, analysts said. However, it was overshadowed when Compaq Chief Financial Officer Jesse Greene said in a conference call that the effect of the weak European currency would lop as much as $100 million from pretax profits in the fourth quarter.

Pierre Auguste Renoir Sleeping Girl painting

Pierre Auguste Renoir Sleeping Girl painting
Pierre Auguste Renoir Dance at Bougival I painting

Thieves broke into Microsoft's computers and may have stolen copies of the source code for the next generation of Microsoft's popular Windows and Office software.
Oct. 27 — Someone broke into Microsoft’s network and accessed the basic codes for the company’s latest software, Microsoft president Steve Ballmer said today.“They did in fact access the source codes,” Ballmer said from Stockholm, Sweden. “You bet this is an issue of great importance. I can also assure you that we know that there has been no compromise of the integrity of the source codes, that it has not been tampered with in any way.”But malicious hackers don’t need to tamper with the source codes to use

John William Waterhouse The Lady of Shalott painting

John William Waterhouse The Lady of Shalott painting
Leonardo da Vinci The Last Supper painting
The frames come in three basic varieties: devices that interact with the Internet, those that connect to your computer, and standalones. There's quite a range of how much hands-on activity each type involves. Sony's expensive Digital Photo Frame is one of the simplest to use: pop the memory stick out of your camera, slip it into the frame, and voila! — there are your pictures. The others can be just as easy for less money, with the purchase of an extra flash memory card. In general, the routine for these high-tech frames involves transferring pictures from a digital camera to a computer and then to either a frame or a Web site, or loading scanned photographs to the frame or the Net.

Theodore Robinson Valley of the Seine Giverny painting

Theodore Robinson Valley of the Seine Giverny painting
Martin Johnson Heade Cattelya Orchid and Three Brazilian Hummingbirds painting
He was joking with lots of people. He was joking with a bunch of people before he went on the rampage," Stanley told reporters.McDermott was hired in March by Edgewater, an Internet software consulting firm located in a three-story renovated factory building in Wakefield. The suburb, some 15 miles northwest of Boston, is part of the high-tech corridor that rings the city.McEvoy declined to give a motive for the shootings except to say that it was "work-related."Coakley said investigators were looking into reports a U.S. Internal Revenue Service attempt to garnish McDermott's wages could have been behind the shooting spree.The massacre was the latest in a string of shootings in recent years in U.S. workplaces, schools and churches.

Warren Kimble paintings

Warren Kimble paintings
Wassily Kandinsky paintings
Ashcroft on Wednesday vowed that if confirmed he would enforce all the nation's laws, even ones he disagrees with, such as the Supreme Court's 1973 decision legalizing abortion, but some Democratic senators remained deeply skeptical. Despite the often heated volleys, Ashcroft is expected to be approved as attorney general soon after Senate confirmation hearings wrap up, probably on Friday. Bush was due to kick off his day with an intelligence briefing at Blair House, the official U.S. guest residence across from the White House, before addressing the winter meeting of the Republican National Committee. Sure to be on his agenda is the spiraling electricity crisis in California, where citizens were bracing for a second day of possible blackouts on

Christ painting

Christ painting
church painting
Many Buddhist countries have been especially angered at the destruction of Afghanistan's pre-Islamic Buddhist heritage, although the Taliban have denied the campaign was aimed against their religion. Taliban authorities say they may lift a ban on journalists visiting Bamiyan on Wednesday to allow them to see the rubble of the sculptures, which once soared 53 metres and 38 metres. Museum statue collections across the country have also been destroyed. The current state of the Bamiyan statues, which were carved into a cliff, has yet to be verified, although the difference between Taliban accounts is only whether all traces have been eradicated or some pieces of rock remain. The statues, once Afghanistan's best-known historic treasure, date from an era nearly 2,000 years ago, when the country, at the heart of trade routes across Asia, was a centre of Buddhist civilisation.

Berthe Morisot paintings

Berthe Morisot paintings
childe hassam paintings
Domestic market or exportThe corn price in the corn-growing provinces in northeastern China is comparatively high, at 1,000 renminbi (US$120.96) per ton in Heilongjiang, higher than those of harvests in 1999 and 2000. Further price increases are expected by corn purchasing firms, which expect domestic prices to exceed export prices and prefer to focus their domestic distribution efforts. Strict quality inspection on exported corn and low export profits also tie these firms’ marketing focus to domestic sales. With the Chinese government eliminating export subsidies—a likely outcome if China obtains the World Trade Organization membership by mid-2001—China’s corn export in 2001 is likely to drop.

Daniel Ridgway Knight The Honeymoon Breakfast painting

Daniel Ridgway Knight The Honeymoon Breakfast painting
William Merritt Chase Chase Summertime painting
was solid enough to hold up against the strain of the latest modifications, thanks to some grouting work done in the 1930s. The steel suspenders were attached to giant winches buried 100 yards into the ground in case the tower slid further. In the end they were never needed.Timeline of the Tower1173: Construction begins on the Tower of Pisa. Evidence suggests the tower began to lean soon after, but historians discount theories that the original architects intended for the tower to lean. 1185: Experts believe construction was interrupted at the fourth order, or level, of the tower. Construction probably resumed in 1231, only to be suspended again in 1292.

Pino Sweet Repose painting

Pino Sweet Repose painting
Johannes Vermeer The Kitchen Maid painting
reports, the police even offered him orange juice. The law has not always been so good to Robert. In March, Chinese authorities denied him permission to climb the 88-story Jinmau building in Shanghai. The feat was later achieved by a 31-year-old Chinese farmer who was later arrested for his impromptu adventure. In November last year, Singapore's police arrested Robert for attempting to scale the 920-foot Overseas Union Bank tower. And in April 1998, Parisian police arrested the stuntman after he scampered up the Egyptian Obelisk in the Place de la Concorde and cheekily made a call on his cell phone from the top.A mountaineer by training, Robert's first urban feat took place in his hometown of Valence, when the then-12-year-old scampered up to enter his family's eighth-floor apartment after losing his keys.

childe hassam At the Piano painting

childe hassam At the Piano painting
Martin Johnson Heade A Magnolia on Red Velvet painting
comfortable walking in the stream and looking at the rocks, because it's not important to them unless you're making it important and spending your time with them doing it," Nick Freedman said. One activity suggested in the book, Sharing Nature with Children by Joseph Cornell, is "hearing a tree's heartbeat," is aimed at children who are six and older. It can be done in the early spring, when sap is running through the tree. Choose a thin-barked tree with more than 6 inches in diameter and place your stethoscope against its trunk. Be very quiet, and move the stethoscope around until you hear the gurgling sound of sap inside the trunk, moving up to the branches. Other Outdoor Games

Theodore Chasseriau paintings

Theodore Chasseriau paintings
Ted Seth Jacobs paintings
But for PC makers, there's no guarantee of that — or that sales will improve next year, even with a stronger economy and more consumer spending. So what will take to get people to pay for new PCs in the near future?"The challenge for the industry is to find new applications that will cause people to buy PCs," says Smulders. In the short term, some think the release of Microsoft's new Windows XP operating system, which has a variety of new multimedia features, could spur PC sales forward. "It has promotion behind it, and it's building a reputation as having a lot of things you can do," says Baker. But Smulders disagrees, saying he expects XP to have only a "limited effect" on PC sales. The ReplacementsIn the longer run, the saturated market, combined with a lack of new software and novel applications has contributed to the current PC malaise.

Daniel Ridgway Knight paintings

Daniel Ridgway Knight paintings
Eric Wallis paintings
Such qualms over privacy, whether real or overblown, are likely to keep any mass "chipping" from happening in the near future. And that may be the ultimate problem for the technology overall."It's a chicken and egg problem," says Paul Saffo, director of the Institute for the Future, a research firm in Menlo Park, Calif. "Hospitals and ambulances aren't going to invest in new detectors [for these chips] until people start using the chip, but people aren't going to use these chips until there's a wide availability of readers," he says.Still, Saffo and others don't doubt that one day we may become a race of cyborgs — part man and part machine."We put all sorts of implants in [our bodies] today," says Saffo. "If we have metal hips, it only makes sense to have chips in, too."

sunset painting

sunset painting
Tropical paintings
Norris says in most cases it's tough being a farm animal. That's especially true for pigs and chickens.Female breeding pigs are restricted to pens so small they can't even turn around, he says. Five to 10 chickens often are housed in cages "about the size of your typical microwave oven," he says.And federal government statistics reveal that cows have been fed so much growth hormone that they boosted their milk production from an average 2.3 tons of milk per year for each cow in 1940 to 8.4 tons by 1997.Norris says that has led to all kinds of diseases and sicknesses among cows.Lay Off Chickens and Pigs?Davis and Norris agree on one point. No system is perfect, and what's needed here is far more dialogue among growers, consumers

Angel painting

Angel painting
animal paintings
The animals in this case are mice and moles and rabbits and other creatures that are run over by tractors, or lose their habitat to make way for farming, so they are not as "visible" as cattle, he says.And that, Davis says, gives rise to a fundamental question: "What is it that makes it OK to kill animals of the field so that we can eat [vegetables or fruits] but not pigs or chickens or cows?"Any disruption of the land, whether it be to farm or to build subdivisions, reduces the amount of land left for other animals, resulting in the deaths of many. And Davis, a professor of animal science at Oregon State who grew up on a farm, says as a child he saw animals killed by the routine operation of farm machinery, so there's no way to have a bloodless farm."If they say they don't want to kill an animal so they can eat, I

Claude Monet The Water Lily Pond painting

Claude Monet The Water Lily Pond painting
Steve Hanks Ocean Breeze painting

Giovanna Guidoni and Stefania Ugolini chat as they wait for make-up before attending the 16th edition of Italy's Miss Chubby in Forcoli, central Italy. The chubby contest takes place every year ...
Giovanna Guidoni(R) and Stefania Ugolini chat as they wait for make-up before attending the 16th edition of Italy's Miss Cicciona (Miss Chubby) in Forcoli, central Italy. 在意大利佛尔科利举行的第16届意大利肥胖小姐比赛上，焦万纳·圭多尼小姐（右）与斯特凡尼亚·乌戈利尼小姐在化妆前闲聊呢。The chubby contest takes place every year in this Tuscan town in Italy, gathering fat people from all over Italy.意大利肥胖人比赛每年在托斯卡纳地区举行一次，参赛者都是来自意大利各地区的肥妞。To compete in Miss Chubby, women have to weigh more than 220 pounds

Howard Behrens Bellagio Promenade painting

Howard Behrens Bellagio Promenade painting
William Bouguereau The Wave painting
The pop singer will wear a pricey gown designed by celebrity favorite Vera Wang instead of the torn jeans and baseball cap she wore for her impromptu ceremony with Jason Alexander."It has to be Vera Wang," says Grubman., Public Relations Executive "Since she is known for dressing in next to nothing, this would be a good opportunity to begin a new stage in her life with a dress that is sexy but still respectful of the sanctity of marriage - low-cut, floor-length, with lots of lace and beading."Britney, who is now engaged to dancer Kevin Federline, is following in the fashionable footsteps of Kate Beckinsale, Jennifer Lopez, Kate Hudson and British TV presenter Davina McCall, who have all selected the American designer to create their fantasy bridal gowns. Britney's mother Lynn has confirmed that she and her famous daughter have been hard at work putting together a dream wedding, said to be set for November.

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painting in oil
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that compared to being left for a movie two weeks earlier. Since she had no conscious notion that Heather's work life had changed, how could she get angry, let alone plot vengeance? The dog was alone more and had more time to fill. The damage was increasing, most likely, because Blue had more time to get into mischief and more opportunities to react to stimulus without correction—not because she was responding to different emotions. I was familiar with the "theory of mind" notion the behaviorist was referring to. Psychologist David Premack of the University of Pennsylvania talks about it; it's also discussed in Stanley Coren's How Dogs Think. The phrase refers to a belief each of us has about the way others think. Simply, it says that since we are aware and self-conscious, we think others—humans and animals—are, too. There is, of course, enormous difference of opinion about whether this is true.When I used to leave my border collie Orson alone in the house, uncrated

Vladimir Volegov Beauty painting

Vladimir Volegov Beauty painting
Eric Wallis Undressing painting
have two of these books which are written in english. The stories on the pages are beautiful and touching. I like those stories talking about family relationships and tough things the most. They feel like fresh air to your lung. The effusive feelings may dull your desire from other people but encourage you provide something good for others living around you.They open a new window and show us the shining side of the mankind. Do you see the movie"暖春"? So you know that people are not dead inside!Sometimes I really doubt whether there is love between my parents. Every day they are very busy trying to earn money in order to pay the high tuition for my brother and me. They don’t act in the romantic ways that I read in books or I see on TV. In their opinion, “I love you” is too luxurious for them to say. Sending flowers to each other on Valentine’s Day is even more out of the question. Finally my father has a bad temper. When he’s very tired from the hard work, it is easy for him to lose his temperOne day, my mother was sewing a quilt. I silently sat down beside her and looked at her.
　　“Mom, I have a question to ask you,” I said after a while.
　　“What?” she replied, still doing her work.
　　“Is there love between you and Dad?” I asked her in a very low voice.

Diane Romanello paintings

Diane Romanello paintings
Diego Rivera paintings
considering that there is no woman in it except Foulata. Stop, though! there is Gagaoola, if she was a woman and not a fiend. But she was a hundred at least, and therefore not marriageable, so I don't count her. At any rate, I can safely say that there is not a petticoat in the whole history. Well, I had better come to the yoke. It's a stiff place, and I feel as though I were bogged up to the axle. But "sutjes, sutjes," as the Boers say (I'm sure I don't know how they spell it), softly does it. A strong team will come through at last, that is if they ain't too poor. You will never do anything with poor oxen. Now, to begin.
I, Allan Quatermain, of Durban, Natal, Gentleman, make oath and say - That's how I began my deposition before the magistrate about poor Khiva's and Ventvo"gel's sad deaths; but somehow it doesn't seem quite the right way to begin a book. And, besides, am I a gentleman? What is a gentleman? I don't quite know, and yet I have had to do with niggers - no, I'll scratch that word "niggers" out, for I don't like it. I've known natives who are, and so you'll say, Harry, my boy, before you're done with this tale, and I have known mean whites with lots of money and fresh out from home, too, who ain't. Well, at any rate I was born a gentleman, though I've been nothing but a poor travelling trader and hunter all my life. Whether I have remained so I know not; you must judge of that. Heaven knows I've

Michelangelo Buonarroti The Creation of Adam painting

Michelangelo Buonarroti The Creation of Adam painting
Thomas Kinkade almost heaven painting
had not expected you to look at the matter as you do, Anne," he said a little stiffly, getting up and moving towards the office door. It was their first approach to a quarrel.
But Anne flew after him and dragged him back.
"Now, Gilbert, you are not `going off mad.' Sit down here and I'll apologise bee-yew-ti-fully, I shouldn't have said that. But--oh, if you knew--"
Anne checked herself just in time. She had been on the very verge of betraying Leslie's secret.
"Knew what a woman feels about it," she concluded lamely.
"I think I do know. I've looked at the matter from every point of view--and I've been driven to the conclusion that it is my duty to tell Leslie that I believe it is possible that Dick can be restored to himself; there my responsibility ends. It will be for her to

Howard Behrens Lake Como Landing painting

Howard Behrens Lake Como Landing painting
Gustav Klimt Beethoven Frieze painting
judgment of a man nearly eighty, who has seen a great deal and saved scores of lives himself--surely his opinion ought to weigh more than a mere boy's."
"Thank you."
"Don't laugh. It's too serious."
"That's just my point. It is serious. Here is a man who is a helpless burden. He may be restored to reason and usefulness--"
"He was so very useful before," interjected Anne witheringly.
"He may be given a chance to make good and redeem the past. His wife doesn't know this. I do. It is therefore my duty to tell her that there is such a possibility. That, boiled down, is my decision."
"Don't say `decision' yet, Gilbert. Consult somebody else. Ask Captain Jim what

Gustav Klimt Water Castle painting

Gustav Klimt Water Castle painting
Salvador Dali The Rose painting
spoil the picture. On the contrary, it seemed to enhance it. Marshall Elliott looked like a Viking of elder days, dancing with one of the blue-eyed, golden-haired daughters of the Northland.
"The purtiest dancing I ever saw, and I've seen some in my time," declared Captain Jim, when at last the bow fell from his tired hand. Leslie dropped into her chair, laughing, breathless.
"I love dancing," she said apart to Anne. "I haven't danced since I was sixteen--but I love it. The music seems to run through my veins like quicksilver and I forget everything--everything--except the delight of keeping time to it. There isn't any floor beneath me, or walls about me, or roof over me--I'm floating amid the stars."
Captain Jim hung his fiddle up in its place, beside a large frame enclosing several banknotes.
"Is there anybody else of your acquaintance who can afford to hang his walls with banknotes for pictures?" he asked. "There's twenty ten-dollar notes there, not worth the glass over

Pablo Picasso paintings

Pablo Picasso paintings
Pierre-Auguste Cot paintings
severely. "You won't take the trouble to get up a decent meal."
"Oh, I do, Mistress Doctor, I do," protested Captain Jim. "Why, I live like a king gen'rally. Last night I was up to the Glen and took home two pounds of steak. I meant to have a spanking good dinner today."
"And what happened to the steak?" asked Mrs. Doctor Dave. "Did you lose it on the way home?"
"No." Captain Jim looked sheepish. "Just at bedtime a poor, ornery sort of dog came along and asked for a night's lodging. Guess he belonged to some of the fishermen 'long shore. I couldn't turn the poor cur out--he had a sore foot. So I shut him in the porch, with an old bag to lie on, and went to bed. But somehow I couldn't sleep. Come to think it over, I sorter remembered that the dog looked hungry."
"And you got up and gave him that steak--all that steak," said Mrs. Doctor Dave, with a kind of triumphant reproof.
"Well, there wasn't anything else to give him," said Captain

Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovsky paintings

Ivan Constantinovich Aivazovsky paintings
Il'ya Repin paintings
Andrews say?"
"Ah, there's the rub," sighed Anne. "There are so many things in life we cannot do because of the fear of what Mrs. Harmon Andrews would say. ` 'Tis true, 'tis pity, and pity 'tis, 'tis true.' What delightful things we might do were it not for Mrs. Harmon Andrews!"
"By times, Anne, I don't feel quite sure that I understand you altogether," complained Mrs. Lynde.
"Anne was always romantic, you know," said Marilla apologetically.
"Well, married life will most likely cure her of that," Mrs. Rachel responded comfortingly.
Anne laughed and slipped away to Lover's Lane, where Gilbert found her; and neither of them seemed to entertain much fear, or hope, that their married life would cure them of romanceThe Echo Lodge people came over the next week, and Green Gables buzzed with the delight of them. Miss Lavendar had changed so little that the three years since her last Island visit might have been a watch in the night; but Anne gasped with amazement over Paul. Could this splendid six feet of manhood be the little Paul of Avonlea schooldays?
"You really make me feel old, Paul," said Anne. "Why, I have to look up to you

Andrea del Sarto paintings

Andrea del Sarto paintings
Alexandre Cabanel paintings
and white satin and tulle and lace and roses and orange blossoms, prim little Jane was almost lost to sight. But she was VERY happy, and so was Mr. Inglis -- and so was Mrs. Harmon."
"Is that the dress you're going to wear tonight?" asked Gilbert, looking down at the fluffs and frills.
"Yes. Isn't it pretty? And I shall wear starflowers in my hair. The Haunted Wood is full of them this summer."
Gilbert had a sudden vision of Anne, arrayed in a frilly green gown, with the virginal curves of arms and throat slipping out of it, and white stars shining against the coils of her ruddy hair. The vision made him catch his breath. But he turned lightly away.
"Well, I'll be up tomorrow. Hope you'll have a nice time tonight."
Anne looked after him as he strode away, and sighed. Gilbert was friendly -- very friendly -- far too friendly. He had come quite often to Green Gables after his recovery, and something

Daniel Ridgway Knight A Passing Conversation painting

Daniel Ridgway Knight A Passing Conversation painting
Thomas Cole The Notch of the White Mountains (Crawford Notch) painting
Yes. Y'see, there was another man after me. Jog along, black mare. I'd been a widder so long folks had given up expecting me to marry again. But when my darter -- she's a schoolma'am like you -- went out West to teach I felt real lonesome and wasn't nowise sot against the idea. Bime-by Thomas began to come up and so did the other feller -- William Obadiah Seaman, his name was. For a long time I couldn't make up my mind which of them to take, and they kep' coming and coming, and I kep' worrying. Y'see, W.O. was rich -- he had a fine place and carried considerable style. He was by far the best match. Jog along, black mare."
"Why didn't you marry him?" asked Anne.
"Well, y'see, he didn't love me," answered Mrs. Skinner, solemnly.
Anne opened her eyes widely and looked at Mrs. Skinner. But there was not a glint of humor on that lady's face. Evidently Mrs. Skinner saw nothing amusing in her own case.
"He'd been a widder-man for three yers, and his sister kept house for him. Then she got married and he just wanted some one to look after his house. It was worth looking after

Jules Joseph Lefebvre Mary Magdalene In The Cave painting

Jules Joseph Lefebvre Mary Magdalene In The Cave painting
Douglas Hofmann beverley disrobing painting
things like that don't matter -- `Jonas, you were born to be a minister. You COULDN'T be anything else.'
"`No, I couldn't,' he said soberly. `I tried to be something else for a long time -- I didn't want to be a minister. But I came to see at last that it was the work given me to do -- and God helping me, I shall try to do it.'
"His voice was low and reverent. I thought that he would do his work and do it well and nobly; and happy the woman fitted by nature and training to help him do it. SHE would be no feather, blown about by every fickle wind of fancy. SHE would always know what hat to put on. Probably she would have only one. Ministers never have much money. But she wouldn't mind having one hat or none at all, because she would have Jonas.
"Anne Shirley, don't you dare to say or hint or think that I've fallen in love with Mr. Blake. Could I care for a lank, poor, ugly theologue -- named Jonas? As Uncle Mark says, `It's impossible, and what's more it's improbable.'
Good night,
PHIL."

Albert Bierstadt Valley in Kings Canyon painting

Albert Bierstadt Valley in Kings Canyon painting
Claude Monet Boulevard des Capucines painting
break a man's heart!"
"I didn't say so, honey. Quote me correctly. I said I'd like to think I COULD break it. I would like to know I had the POWER to do it."
"I don't understand you, Phil. You are leading that man on deliberately -- and you know you don't mean anything by it."
"I mean to make him ask me to marry him if I can," said Phil calmly.
"I give you up," said Stella hopelessly.
Gilbert came occasionally on Friday evenings. He seemed always in good spirits, and held his own in the jests and repartee that flew about. He neither sought nor avoided Anne. When circumstances brought them in contact he talked to her pleasantly and courteously, as to any newly-made acquaintance. The old camaraderie was gone entirely. Anne felt it keenly; but she told herself she was very glad and thankful that Gilbert had got so completely over his disappointment in regard to her. She had really been afraid, that April evening in the orchard, that she had hurt him terribly

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Guillaume Seignac Psyche painting
-o-o, you never do. But you get sorry, and that's worse. You'll be awful sorry when I tell you this, Anne -- and you'll be 'shamed of me, I s'pose."
"Have you done something naughty, Davy, and is that why you can't say your prayers?"
"No, I haven't done anything naughty -- yet. But I want to do it."
"What is it, Davy?"
"I -- I want to say a bad word, Anne," blurted out Davy, with a desperate effort. "I heard Mr. Harrison's hired boy say it one day last week, and ever since I've been wanting to say it ALL the time -- even when I'm saying my prayers."
"Say it then, Davy."
Davy lifted his flushed face in amazement.
"But, Anne, it's an AWFUL bad word."

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Vladimir Volegov Sun Drenched Garden painting
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Well, what do you think of our new friend?" asked Priscilla, when Phil had left them.
"I like her. There is something very lovable about her, in spite of all her nonsense. I believe, as she says herself, that she isn't half as silly as she sounds. She's a dear, kissable baby -- and I don't know that she'll ever really grow up."
"I like her, too," said Priscilla, decidedly. "She talks as much about boys as Ruby Gillis does. But it always enrages or sickens me to hear Ruby, whereas I just wanted to laugh good-naturedly at Phil. Now, what is the why of that?"
"There is a difference," said Anne meditatively. "I think it's because Ruby is really so CONSCIOUS of boys. She plays at love and love-making. Besides, you feel, when she is boasting of her beaux that she is doing it to rub it well into you that you haven't half so many. Now, when Phil

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fireflies were lighting their starry lamps.
"I suppose," said Mrs. Harrison confidentially, "that James A. has told you our story?"
"Yes."
"Then I needn't tell it, for James A. is a just man and he would tell the truth. The blame was far from being all on his side. I can see that now. I wasn't back in my own house an hour before I wished I hadn't been so hasty but I wouldn't give in. I see now that I expected too much of a man. And I was real foolish to mind his bad grammar. It doesn't matter if a man does use bad grammar so long as he is a good provider and doesn't go poking round the pantry to see how much sugar you've used in a week. I feel that James A. and I are going to be real happy now. I wish I knew who `Observer' is, so that I could thank him. I owe him a real debt of gratitude."

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I do hope none of the children were caught out in it," murmured Anne anxiously. As it was discovered later, none of the children had been, since all those who had any distance to go had taken Mr. Andrews' excellent advice and sought refuge at the post office.
"There comes John Henry Carter," said Marilla.
John Henry came wading through the hailstones with a rather scared grin.
"Oh, ain't this awful, Miss Cuthbert? Mr. Harrison sent me over to see if yous had come out all right."
"We're none of us killed," said Marilla grimly, "and none of the buildings was struck. I hope you got off equally well."
"Yas'm. Not quite so well, ma'am. We was struck. The lightnin

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his grimy hands. He had been working in his garden. That spring Marilla, by way of turning Davy's passion for reveling in mud and clay into useful channels, had given him and Dora a small plot of ground for a garden. Both had eagerly gone to work in a characteristic fashion. Dora planted, weeded, and watered carefully, systematically, and dispassionately. As a result, her plot was already green with prim, orderly little rows of vegetables and annuals. Davy, however, worked with more zeal than discretion; he dug and hoed and raked and watered and transplanted so energetically that his seeds had no chance for their lives.
"How is your garden coming on, Davy-boy?" asked Anne.
"Kind of slow," said Davy with a sigh. "I don't know why the things don't grow better. Milty Boulter says I must have planted them in the dark of the moon and that's the whole trouble. He says you must never sow seeds or kill pork or cut your hair or do any 'portant thing in the wrong time of the moon. Is that true, Anne? I want to know."

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haven't heard from Richard Keith before this. Never a word since last May."
"I'll be afraid to hear from him," sighed Anne, beginning to clear away the dishes. "If a letter should come I'd dread opening it, for fear it would tell us to send the twins to him."
A month later a letter did come. But it was not from Richard Keith. A friend of his wrote to say that Richard Keith had died of consumption a fortnight previously. The writer of the letter was the executor of his will and by that will the sum of two thousand dollars was left to Miss Marilla Cuthbert in trust for David and Dora Keith until they came of age or married. In the meantime the interest was to be used for their maintenance.
"It seems dreadful to be glad of anything in connection with a death," said

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him to college and he can't have it unless he is a minister. She thought a minister was such a 'spectable thing to have in a family. Chester says he doesn't mind much. . .though he'd rather be a blacksmith. . .but he's bound to have all the fun he can before he begins to be a minister, 'cause he doesn't expect to have much afterwards. I ain't going to be a minister. I'm going to be a storekeeper, like Mr. Blair, and keep heaps of candy and bananas. But I'd rather like going to your kind of a heaven if they'd let me play a mouth organ instead of a harp. Do you s'pose they would?"
"Yes, I think they would if you wanted it," was all Anne could trust herself to say.
The A.V.I.S. met at Mr. Harmon Andrews' that evening and a full attendance had been requested, since important business was to be discussed. The A.V.I.S. was in a flourishing condition, and had

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Martin Johnson Heade A Magnolia on Red Velvet painting
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How quiet the woods are today. . . not a murmur except that soft wind purring in the treetops! It sounds like surf on a faraway shore. How dear the woods are! You beautiful trees! I love every one of you as a friend."
Anne paused to throw her arm about a slim young birch and kiss its cream-white trunk. Diana, rounding a curve in the path, saw her and laughed.
"Anne Shirley, you're only pretending to be grown up. I believe when you're alone you're as much a little girl as you ever were."
"Well, one can't get over the habit of being a little girl all at once," said Anne gaily. "You see, I was little for fourteen years and I've only been grown-uppish for scarcely three. I'm sure I shall always feel like a child in the woods. These walks home from school are almost the only time I have for dreaming. . . except the half-hour or so before I go to sleep. I'm so busy with teaching and studying and helping Marilla with the twins that I haven't another moment for

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I suppose she has some good qualities," conceded Mr. Harrison grudgingly. "Most folks have. I have some myself, though you might never suspect it. But anyhow I ain't going to give anything to that carpet. Folks are everlasting begging for money here, it seems to me. How's your project of painting the hall coming on?"
"Splendidly. We had a meeting of the A.V.I.S. last Friday night and found that we had plenty of money subscribed to paint the and shingle the roof too. Most people gave very liberally, Mr. Harrison."
Anne was a sweet-souled lass, but she could instill some venom into innocent italics when occasion required.
"What color are you going to have it?"
"We have decided on a very pretty green