"Something just flashes into your mind, so exciting, and you must out with it.

If you stop to think it over you spoil it all.

Haven't you never felt that yourself, Mrs.Lynde ?" No, Mrs.Lynde had not.

She shook her head sagely.
"You must learn to think a little, Anne, that's what.

The proverb you need to go by is 'Look before you leap'-- especially into spare-room beds." Mrs.Lynde laughed comfortably over her mild joke, but Anne remained pensive.