# Rilla of Ingleside

"RILLA READ HER FIRST LOVE LETTER IN HER RAINBOW VALLEY FIR-SHADOWED NOOK"
RILLA OF INGLESIDE BY L. M. MONTGOMERY
Author of “Anne of Green Gables,” “Anne of the Island,” “The Story Girl,” “Rain- bow Valley,” “The Story Girl,” “The Watchman,” etc.
“Now they remain to us forever young Who with such splendour gave their youth away.” —Sheard
WITH FRONTISPIECE IN COLOR BY M. L. KIRK
TORONTO McCLELLAND AND STEWART, Limited PUBLISHERS
Copyright Canada, 1921 by McClelland & Stewart, Limited
Press of The Hunter-Rose Company. Limited
To THE MEMORY OF
FREDERICA CAMPBELL MACFARLANE
WHO WENT AWAY FROM ME WHEN THE DAWN BROKE ON JANUARY 25TH, 1919— A TRUE FRIEND, A RARE PERSONALITY, A LOYAL AND COURAGEOUS SOUL.
CONTENTS
* CHAPTERPAGE
* I.Glen “Notes” and Other Matters................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................1
* II.Dew of Morning................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................15
* III.Moonlit Mirth................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................22
* IV.The Piper Pipes................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................37
* V.“The Sound of a Going”................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................53
* VI.Susan, Rilla, and Dog Monday Make a Resolution................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................70
* VII.A War Baby and a Soup Tureen................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................80
* VIII.Rilla Decides................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................91
* IX.Doc Has a Misadventure................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................101
* X.The Troubles of Rilla................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................108
* XI.Dark and Bright................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................122
* XII.In the Days of Langemarck................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................135
* XIII.A Slice of Humble Pie................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................143
* XIV.The Valley of Decision................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................155
* XV.Until the Day Break................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................164
* XVI.Realism and Romance................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................173
* XVII.The Weeks Wear By................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................189
* XVIII.A War Wedding................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................205
* XIX.“They Shall Not Pass”................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................221
* XX.Norman Douglas Speaks Out In Meeting................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................231
* XXI.“Love Affairs Are Horrible”................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................238
* XXII.Little Dog Monday Knows................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................245
* XXIII.“And So, Goodnight”................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................254
* XXIV.Mary is Just in Time................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................261
* XXV.Shirley Goes................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................273
* XXVI.Susan Has a Proposal of Marriage................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................283
* XXVII.Waiting................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................296
* XXVIII.Black Sunday................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................314
* XXIX.“Wounded and Missing”................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................320
* XXX.The Turning of the Tide................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................326
* XXXI.Mrs. Matilda Pitman................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................332
* XXXII.Word from Jem................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................345
* XXXIII.Victory!!................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................355
* XXXIV.Mr. Hyde Goes to His Own Place and Susan Takes a Honeymoon................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................358
* XXXV.“Rilla-my-Rilla!”................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................................363
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