Dora and Ralph. A love story.
"Evidently not. It seems that he has completely lived it down. Even his mother has succumbed. I always thought that a boy with Jake's chin and mouth would get his own way in the end. Diana writes me that Dora has a beau. Just think of it-that child!"
"Dora is seventeen," said Gilbert. "Charlie Sloane and I were both mad about you when you were seventeen, Anne."
"Really, Gilbert, we must be getting on in years," said Anne, with a half-rueful smile, "when children who were six when we thought ourselves grown up are old enough now to have beaux. Dora's is Ralph Andrews-Jane's brother. I remember him as a little, round, fat, white-headed fellow who was always at the foot of his class. But I understand he is quite a fine-looking young man now." Here is Dora Keith's and Ralph Andrews' love story from the beginning…
Dora Keith, a girl of half past 16, is walking through the Birch Path when she bumps into Ralph Andrews. Her school books fall on the ground, Dora with them. Dora's face turned red when she saw her mud-stained dress.
-"Oh. I'm sorry." said Ralph.
-"It's okay. Marilla will be upset though. This was the last dress Anne made me before she left for four winds when she got married. Oh well, I still have a few clean dresses left."
-"Here, let me carry your books for you, Dora."
-"Thank you Ralph. Are you sure you can carry them?"
-" Oh, I'm sure I can. If I couldn't I wouldn't of offered."
They walk together to Green Gables.
-"Here are your books, Dora" said Ralph
-"Thank-you again Ralph. I feel obliged to you."
Ralph gives Dora her books, says goodbye and leaves.
-" Ok. Time to face Marilla with my muddy dress…" Dora thinks as she enters Green Gables.