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Gilbert drove to the Wright's the next morning. He needed to know, what was happening with Anne, and he wanted to speak with Diana about it.
Diana was glad to see him and they sat down in the parlour.
"Yesterday, I met Anne. I was surprised, to see her in Avonlea." Gilbert said.
"How nice. I completely forgot to tell you." Dina chatted.
Gilbert looked earnestly at her: "What's happened to Anne?"
"I don't know, what you mean." Diana looked nervously at the table.
"You know what I mean, Diana. Something's happened. She is so low-spirited. That isn't like Anne."
Diana says nothing for a moment. Then she took a deep breath: "I can't tell you, Gil. I'm sorry, but I promised Anne to say nothing to anyone. Otherwise, she wouldn't have told me anything. I can't break my promise."
"But how, can I help her, if I don't know what's happened?" Gilbert asked.
"I guess we can help her by simply being her friends. The most important thing she needs now are friends. But one thing I can tell you, Anne had to promise me that she wouldn't go back to Kingsport." Diana said earnestly. Then another comment came to her lips:
"If, Roy Gardner should be so crazy as to come to Avonlea, I will hurt him, for what he had done to my bosom friend."
Gilbert's eyes narrowed. "So, Roy is the reason for this all. I should have known it. What has he done?"
"I shouldn't say this."
"I will find it out."
Gilbert drove to the Wright's the next morning. He needed to know, what was happening with Anne, and he wanted to speak with Diana about it.
Diana was glad to see him and they sat down in the parlour.
"Yesterday, I met Anne. I was surprised, to see her in Avonlea." Gilbert said.
"How nice. I completely forgot to tell you." Dina chatted.
Gilbert looked earnestly at her: "What's happened to Anne?"
"I don't know, what you mean." Diana looked nervously at the table.
"You know what I mean, Diana. Something's happened. She is so low-spirited. That isn't like Anne."
Diana says nothing for a moment. Then she took a deep breath: "I can't tell you, Gil. I'm sorry, but I promised Anne to say nothing to anyone. Otherwise, she wouldn't have told me anything. I can't break my promise."
"But how, can I help her, if I don't know what's happened?" Gilbert asked.
"I guess we can help her by simply being her friends. The most important thing she needs now are friends. But one thing I can tell you, Anne had to promise me that she wouldn't go back to Kingsport." Diana said earnestly. Then another comment came to her lips:
"If, Roy Gardner should be so crazy as to come to Avonlea, I will hurt him, for what he had done to my bosom friend."
Gilbert's eyes narrowed. "So, Roy is the reason for this all. I should have known it. What has he done?"
"I shouldn't say this."
"I will find it out."
