L. M. Montgomery: Anne of Green Gables

CHAPTER 16: Diana Is Invited to Tea with Tragic Results (continued)

But when she slipped into the east gable before going to bed and found that Anne had cried herself to sleep an unaccustomed softness crept into her face.

"Poor little soul," she murmured, lifting a loose curl of hair from the child's tear-stained face. Then she bent down and kissed the flushed cheek on the pillow.