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Alright, let's do today's Anne's chapter! #LainaReadsAnne

#LainaReadsAnne So, Anne wakes up in Green Gables and I adore the descriptions at the beginning of this chapter. They're so vivid and detailed and really give you a picture of the the place without being boring or overdrawn.

#LainaReadsAnne There's a cherry tree outside of Anne's room, and she describes the light coming in through the window as "a flood of cherry sunshine", and basically every tree is in bloom outside. So pretty.

This is also the first real time we've been in Anne's POV.

#LainaReadsAnne Anne gets lost in looking at how beautiful everything is, and is surprised by Marilla coming in to tell her to get dressed.

Marilla isn't used to talking to children, and she's a bit curt due to discomfort, though she doesn't mean to be.

#LainaReadsAnne This morning, she tells Anne to get herself cleaned up and to make the bed.

This makes me go back to what I was saying yesterday - when Anne was upset, Marilla picked up after her. Now that Anne is feeling better, she has her cleaning up after herself.

#LainaReadsAnne I do think it's a couple of moments that show her softer side when compared, and that she was sympathetic to how Anne felt and how upset she was.

#LainaReadsAnne Anne comes down to breakfast and goes on a bunch about how mornings are magical and lovely because Anne is totally a morning person and I do feel some sympathy for Marilla when she tells Anne to be quiet and eat, lol. It's early, girl.

#LainaReadsAnne Anne actually does, which after a couple minutes kinda freaks Marilla out. She realizes Anne is daydreaming and wonders why Matthew would ever want to keep her.

#LainaReadsAnne And she can tell he definitely still does even though he hasn't said anything. In fact, it bothers her more that he hasn't said anything than if he did, because you can't argue with something someone hasn't actually said.

#LainaReadsAnne Anne offers to help with the dishes after breakfast, and Marilla very distrustfully takes her up on it, and also reminds her to make her bed.

Apparently Anne has not before encountered a "feather tick", which I actually looked up.

#LainaReadsAnne I realized I wasn't ENTIRELY sure what a feather tick actually was, so I did a bit of research. A feather tick is basically a feather mattress, and each morning they needed to be shaken and fluffed back into shape oldandinteresting.com/history-feathe…

#LainaReadsAnne She manages, though, and when she gets downstairs, Marilla says she can go out and play, but Anne is too scared to get attached to Green Gables. She already doesn't want to leave, though she's resigned herself that this is how things are going to be.

#LainaReadsAnne Marilla is annoyed that she also finds Anne interesting and wonders what she'll say yet. She's trying so hard not to get attached and kinda failing XD

#LainaReadsAnne Meanwhile Matthew is the king of nonverbal communication and Marilla continues to be vexed at him becauseshe can tell what he's feeling (how much he wants Anne to stay) but she can't argue with it if he doesn't actually say anything.

#LainaReadsAnne They leave to "settle" things with Mrs. Spencer, who brought Anne from the orphanage, and as we close the chapter, Matthew looks wistfully after them from the gate as they leave.

#LainaReadsAnne Shorter chapter today, with some great descriptions of how beautiful Green Gables is, and I'm very excited to get into the next chapter when there's more backstory and such.