Captain Jim -- where are you ? Oh , he 's slipped out to see to the horse , I suppose . Come upstairs and take your things off . '' Anne looked about her with bright , appreciative eyes as she followed Mrs. Doctor Dave upstairs . She liked the appearance of her new home very much . It seemed to have the atmosphere of Green Gables and the flavor of her old traditions . `` I think I would have found Miss Elizabeth Russell a ` kindred spirit , ' '' she murmured when she was alone in her room . There were two windows in it ; the dormer one looked out on the lower harbor and the sand-bar and the Four Winds light . `` A magic casement opening on the foam Of perilous seas in fairy lands forlorn , '' quoted Anne softly . The gable window gave a view of a little harvest-hued valley through which a brook ran . Half a mile up the brook was the only house in sight -- an old , rambling , gray one surrounded by huge willows through which its windows peered , like shy , seeking eyes , into the dusk . Anne wondered who lived there ; they would be her nearest neighbors and she hoped they would be nice . She suddenly found herself thinking of the beautiful girl with the white geese . `` Gilbert thought she did n't belong here , '' mused Anne , `` but I feel sure she does . There was something about her that made her part of the sea and the sky and the harbor . Four Winds is in her blood . '' When Anne went downstairs Gilbert was standing before the fireplace talking to a stranger . Both turned as Anne entered . `` Anne , this is Captain Boyd . Captain Boyd , my wife . ''
It was the first time Gilbert had said `` my XXXXX '' to anybody but Anne , and he narrowly escaped bursting with the pride of it .
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