You really wished that things should n't be made any harder for Leslie . I 'm afraid that in my secret heart I 've been hoping the operation would n't succeed , and I am wholesomely ashamed of it . '' `` How does Leslie seem to take it ? '' `` She writes like one dazed . I think that , like ourselves , she hardly realises it yet . She says , ` It all seems like a strange dream to me , Anne . ' That is the only reference she makes to herself . '' `` Poor child ! I suppose when the chains are struck off a prisoner he 'd feel queer and lost without them for a while . Anne , dearie , here 's a thought keeps coming into my mind . What about Owen Ford ? We both know Leslie was fond of him . Did it ever occur to you that he was fond of her ? '' `` It -- did -- once , '' admitted Anne , feeling that she might say so much . `` Well , I had n't any reason to think he was , but it just appeared to me he MUST be . Now , Anne , dearie , the Lord knows I 'm not a match-maker , and I scorn all such doings . But if I were you and writing to that Ford man I 'd just mention , casual-like , what has happened . That is what I 'd do . '' `` Of course I will mention it when I write him , '' said Anne , a trifle distantly . Somehow , this was a thing she could not discuss with Miss Cornelia .
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