This IS a discovery . I must hunt him up . '' `` It wo n't be difficult ; we are all cronies of Captain Jim . He will be as eager to see you as you could be to see him . Your grandmother shines like a star in his memory . But I think Mrs. Moore is expecting you . I 'll show you our ` cross-lots ' road . '' Anne walked with him to the house up the brook , over a field that was as white as snow with daisies . A boat-load of people were singing far across the harbor . The sound drifted over the water like faint , unearthly music wind-blown across a starlit sea . The big light flashed and beaconed . Owen Ford looked around him with satisfaction . `` And so this is Four Winds , '' he said . `` I was n't prepared to find it quite so beautiful , in spite of all mother 's praises . What colors -- what scenery -- what charm ! I shall get as strong as a horse in no time . And if inspiration comes from beauty , I should certainly be able to begin my great Canadian novel here . '' `` You have n't begun it yet ? '' asked Anne . `` Alack-a-day , no .
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