`` That 'll be a match some day , '' Mrs. Lynde said approvingly . Marilla winced slightly . In her heart she hoped it would , but it went against her grain to hear the matter spoken of in Mrs. Lynde 's gossipy matter-of-fact way . `` They 're only children yet , '' she said shortly . Mrs. Lynde laughed good-naturedly . `` Anne is eighteen ; I was married when I was that age . We old folks , Marilla , are too much given to thinking children never grow up , that 's what . Anne is a young woman and Gilbert 's a man , and he worships the ground she walks on , as any one can see . He 's a fine fellow , and Anne ca n't do better . I hope she wo n't get any romantic nonsense into her head at Redmond . I do n't approve of them coeducational places and never did , that 's what . I do n't believe , '' concluded Mrs. Lynde solemnly , `` that the students at such colleges ever do much else than flirt . '' `` They must study a little , '' said Marilla , with a smile . `` Precious little , '' sniffed Mrs. Rachel . `` However , I think Anne will . She never was flirtatious . But she does n't appreciate Gilbert at his full value , that 's what . Oh , I know girls ! Charlie Sloane is wild about her , too , but I 'd never advise her to marry a Sloane . The Sloanes are good , honest , respectable people , of course .
But when all 's XXXXX and done , they 're SLOANES . ''
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