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Later they all said goodbye. The children had a very nice. Laughing they sat in the buggy, as Gilbert drove along the way home. Anne smiled as she listened to Walters cheerful chattering. As they came near to Green Gables, Anne noticed a motorcar in front of the house.
"Mommy! Is that Daddy's car?" Yelled Walter.
Anne nodded quietly. And Gilbert noticed the fear in her eyes.
They stopped at the house and Walter jumped immediately down.
"I don't want to see him," Walter ran to the barn.
"Walter!" Anne yelled, but he didn't come back.
Gilbert carried the basket and Nan grabbed Anne's hand, on the way to the house.
Anne lingered a moment, before she opened the door.
Roy sat together with Marilla in the parlor. His eyes sparkled furiously at Anne.
"O, look, my wife decided to honor us with her presence, finally." His voice shook with anger.
"Hello Roy," Anne answered coldly.
"And Dr. Blythe is here, too. Did you have a nice day with my wife?" Roy hissed at him.
"Roy!" Anne called angrily. "Gilbert is a friend. Could you be more polite, please?"
"O, I'm sorry, doctor, Sir. Of course, you are only a good friend of my wife. I'm sure that's the reason she named our son after you, Gilbert?" Roy grinned ironically.
Anne's cheeks blushed with anger.
"Your behavior is simply ridiculous, Roy." Her eyes glittered, now, too.
Roy came nearer to her and looked wickedly into her face. Anne realized that he was drunk, again.
"Ridiculous?! Are you saying I'm making an *** of myself?" He was almost shouting, now.
Nan started to cry and ran to Marilla.
"You, Anne, have made an *** of me!!!! My wife ran away. All of Kingsport is laughing at this. You've dragged my family name into the gutter." He yelled.
Anne flinched under his shouts.
"Do you think you should respond to this?" Gilbert tried to help Anne.
For a moment, it seemed almost as I Roy was going to hit him. But, then he smiled suddenly.
"You are right, Dr. Blythe. We should really speak in private. I need to talk privately with my wife." He grabbed Anne's arm roughly. "Please, excuse us."
He pulled Anne upstairs into the east gable. He closed the door with a bang.
"Roy, please let me go, you're hurting me." Anne said as he continues to grip her arm.
****** In the parlor, Marilla and Gilbert looked worriedly at each other.
At that moment Gilbert wanted nothing more than to go upstairs and thrash Roy Gardner. How dare he treat Anne so?
Gilbert saw that Marilla was confused, too. Nan snuggled crying on Marilla.
For a while it was silent and it seemed as if Anne and Roy were talking reasonably.
But then they heard Roy begin yelling, again. Soon he was shouting so loudly that it was heard throughout Green Gables.
Nan started crying more, again. Then they heard, first a clinking sound which was followed by a hollow crash.
Gilbert wasted no more time and ran up the stairs two at a time.. "Is everything all right, Anne?" He called through the closed door.
Later they all said goodbye. The children had a very nice. Laughing they sat in the buggy, as Gilbert drove along the way home. Anne smiled as she listened to Walters cheerful chattering. As they came near to Green Gables, Anne noticed a motorcar in front of the house.
"Mommy! Is that Daddy's car?" Yelled Walter.
Anne nodded quietly. And Gilbert noticed the fear in her eyes.
They stopped at the house and Walter jumped immediately down.
"I don't want to see him," Walter ran to the barn.
"Walter!" Anne yelled, but he didn't come back.
Gilbert carried the basket and Nan grabbed Anne's hand, on the way to the house.
Anne lingered a moment, before she opened the door.
Roy sat together with Marilla in the parlor. His eyes sparkled furiously at Anne.
"O, look, my wife decided to honor us with her presence, finally." His voice shook with anger.
"Hello Roy," Anne answered coldly.
"And Dr. Blythe is here, too. Did you have a nice day with my wife?" Roy hissed at him.
"Roy!" Anne called angrily. "Gilbert is a friend. Could you be more polite, please?"
"O, I'm sorry, doctor, Sir. Of course, you are only a good friend of my wife. I'm sure that's the reason she named our son after you, Gilbert?" Roy grinned ironically.
Anne's cheeks blushed with anger.
"Your behavior is simply ridiculous, Roy." Her eyes glittered, now, too.
Roy came nearer to her and looked wickedly into her face. Anne realized that he was drunk, again.
"Ridiculous?! Are you saying I'm making an *** of myself?" He was almost shouting, now.
Nan started to cry and ran to Marilla.
"You, Anne, have made an *** of me!!!! My wife ran away. All of Kingsport is laughing at this. You've dragged my family name into the gutter." He yelled.
Anne flinched under his shouts.
"Do you think you should respond to this?" Gilbert tried to help Anne.
For a moment, it seemed almost as I Roy was going to hit him. But, then he smiled suddenly.
"You are right, Dr. Blythe. We should really speak in private. I need to talk privately with my wife." He grabbed Anne's arm roughly. "Please, excuse us."
He pulled Anne upstairs into the east gable. He closed the door with a bang.
"Roy, please let me go, you're hurting me." Anne said as he continues to grip her arm.
****** In the parlor, Marilla and Gilbert looked worriedly at each other.
At that moment Gilbert wanted nothing more than to go upstairs and thrash Roy Gardner. How dare he treat Anne so?
Gilbert saw that Marilla was confused, too. Nan snuggled crying on Marilla.
For a while it was silent and it seemed as if Anne and Roy were talking reasonably.
But then they heard Roy begin yelling, again. Soon he was shouting so loudly that it was heard throughout Green Gables.
Nan started crying more, again. Then they heard, first a clinking sound which was followed by a hollow crash.
Gilbert wasted no more time and ran up the stairs two at a time.. "Is everything all right, Anne?" He called through the closed door.
