"I wonder at Miss Stacy for encouraging it." "But we wanted a crow's nest for nature study," explained Anne.

"That was on our field afternoon.

Field afternoons are splendid, Marilla.
And Miss Stacy explains everything so beautifully.

We have to write compositions on our field afternoons and I write the best ones." "It's very vain of you to say so then.

You'd better let your teacher say it." "But she DID say it, Marilla.