Thomas Kinkade Lombard Street painting

Thomas Kinkade Lombard Street paintingThomas Kinkade Light of Freedom paintingThomas Kinkade Key West painting
"Sir, you haven't told us what's in this one," said Ernie Macmillan, pointing at a small black cauldron standing on Slughorn's desk. The potion within was splashing about merrily; it was the color of molten gold, and large drops were leaping like goldfish above the surface, though not a particle had spilled.
"Oho," said Slughorn again. Harry was sure that Slughorn had not forgotten the potion at all, but had waited to be asked for dramatic effect. "Yes. That. Well, that one, ladies and gentlemen, is a most curious little potion called Felix Felicis. I take it," he turned, smiling, to look at Hermione, who had let out an audible gasp, "that you know what Felix Felicis does, Miss Granger?"

John Singer Sargent Nude Egyptian Girl painting

John Singer Sargent Nude Egyptian Girl paintingJohn Singer Sargent Lady Agnew paintingJohn Singer Sargent House and Garden painting
year would want to continue Care of Magical Creatures. They avoided Hagrid's eye and returned his cheery wave only half-heartedly when he left the staff table ten minutes later.
After they had eaten, they remained in their places, awaiting Professor McGonagall's descent from the staff table. The distribution of class schedules was more complicated than usual this year, for Professor McGonagall needed first to confirm that everybody had achieved the necessary O.W.L. grades to continue with their chosen N.E.W.T.s.
Hermione was immediately cleared to continue with Charms, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Transfiguration, Herbology, Arithmancy, Ancient Runes, and Potions, and shot off to a first period Ancient Runes class without further ado. Neville took a little longer to sort out; his round face was anxious as Professor McGonagall looked down his application and then consulted his O.W.L results.

Thomas Kinkade Spirit of Christmas painting

Thomas Kinkade Spirit of Christmas painting
Thomas Kinkade San Francisco Fisherman's Wharf painting
"Arthur's done a bit o' tinkerin'," said Hagrid, quite oblivious to Harry's discomfort. He settled himself astride the motorcycle, which creaked slightly and sank inches into the ground. "It's got a few tricks up its sleeves now. Tha' one was my idea." He pointed a thick finger at a purple button near the speedometer.

　　　"Please be careful, Hagrid." said Mr. Weasley, who was standing beside them, holding his broomstick. "I'm still not sure that was advisable and it's certainly only to be used in emergencies."

　　　"All right, then." said Moody. "Everyone ready, please. I want us all to leave at exactly the same time or the whole point of the diversion's lost."

Claude Monet The Red Boats Argenteuil painting

Claude Monet The Red Boats Argenteuil painting
Claude Monet Monet The Luncheon painting
felt incredibly fond of all of them, even Mundungus, whom he had tried to strangle the last time they had met.

　　　"Kingsley, I thought you were looking after the Muggle Prime Minister?" he called across the room.

　　　"He can get along without me for one night," said Kingsley, "You're more important."

　　　"Harry, guess what?" said Tonks from her perch on top of the washing machine, and she wiggled her left hand at him; a ring glistened there.

"You got married?" Harry yelped, looking from her to Lupin.

"I'm sorry you couldn't be there, Harry, it was very quiet."

"That's brilliant, congrat –"

Pierre Auguste Renoir La Loge painting

Pierre Auguste Renoir La Loge painting
Pierre Auguste Renoir Dance at Bougival painting
blood out of his mouth, pointed his wand at the falling sidecar, and yelled, "Confringo!"

　　　He knew a dreadful, gut-wrenching pang for Hedwig as it exploded; the Death Eater nearest it was blasted off his broom and fell from sight; his companion fell back and vanished.

　　　"Harry, I'm sorry, I'm sorry," moaned Hagrid, "I shouldn'ta tried ter repair it meself – yeh've got no room –"

　　　"It's not a problem, just keep flying!" Harry shouted back, as two more Death Eaters emerged out of the darkness, drawing closer.

　　　As the curses came shooting across the intervening space again, Hagrid swerved and zigzagged: Harry knew that Hagrid did not

Johannes Vermeer girl with the pearl earring painting

Johannes Vermeer girl with the pearl earring painting
Gustav Klimt The Three Ages of Woman painting
Shao-hua Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Center of Liver Transplantation, First Affiliated Hospital, Medical College, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, China; LU An-wei Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Center of Liver Transplantation, First Affiliated Hospital, Medical College, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, China; SHEN Yan Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Center of Liver Transplantation, First Affiliated Hospital, Medical College, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, China; JIA Chang-ku Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Center of Liver Transplantation, First Affiliated Hospital, Medical College, Zhejiang University, Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310003, China; WANG Wei-lin Department of Hepatobiliary Surgery and Center of Liver Transplantation, First

Rembrandt Samson And Delilah painting

Rembrandt Samson And Delilah painting
Guido Reni The Archangel Michael painting
We learned from their mistakes, and so in our seven years, we find that we have been firm in our diplomacy We have never made concessions without getting concessions in return. We have always been willing to go the extra mile to negotiate for disarmament or in any other area, but we have never been willing to do anything that in effect surrender freedom anyplace in the world. That is why President Eisenhower was correct in not apologizing or expressing regrets to Mr. Khruchev at the Paris conference, as Senator Kennedy suggested he could have done, that is why President Eisenhower was also correct in his policy in the Formosa Straits where he declined and refused to follow the recommendations, recommendations which Senator Kennedy voted for in 1955, again made in 1959, again repeated in his debates that you have heard, recommendations with regard to again slicing off a piece of free territory and abandoning it, if in effect, to the Communists.

Thomas Kinkade Mountain Memories painting

Thomas Kinkade Mountain Memories painting
Thomas Kinkade Footprints in the sand painting
Sadat’s death was a blow to the U.S. and Israel and, some experts fear, to the cause of peace in the Middle East.…Sadat was the driving force and chief architect of the treaty with Israel. But most of his Arab neighbours opposed the move, and many Arab nations rejoiced at word of his death. There was dancing in the streets of Tripoli, Libya’s capital. “Camp David killed Sadat,” was the way Lebanese President Shafik Wazzan summed up Arab sentiment.thousands crowded into a massive concrete stadium. The attackers shouted, “Glory to Egypt! Attack! You are agents! You are intruders!” at the large

Pino Angelica painting

Pino Angelica painting
Pablo Picasso Le Moulin de la Galette painting
"There were rumours that I e-mailed him, which isn't true," she said. "I've never met him or contacted him. I wouldn't mind meeting him, but who wouldn't." Spears, who shot to fame with her singles "Baby One More Time" and "Oops! I did It Again", told the paper her boyfriend, Justin Timberlake, 19, of U.S. pop group N-Sync, was "the perfect man for me". "I love Justin. We've been around each other since we were kids so we know each other very well," she said. However, the pop world's most famous virgin said she was still some way off being ready to settle down and marry. Spears also revealed that she would like to branch out into acting and longs to play an evil character.

Francois Boucher Adoration of the Shepherds painting

Francois Boucher Adoration of the Shepherds painting
Johannes Vermeer The Concert painting
We'll continue to look at Transmeta for future products in the ThinkPad line, but at this point, for this product, we're not going to market with it right now," he said.Blair would not say whether the decision was related to product performance, engineering problems or marketing issues, exacerbating the skepticism surrounding Transmeta’s outlook before its scheduled Nov. 6 initial public offering. "It certainly will put a cloud on Transmeta's plans," said Steve Kleynhans, an analyst with the Meta Group who follows the chip industry. "People will wonder: 'What did IBM discover as they moved forward in developing a machine with this product?' It may have nothing to do with performance, but people will say, IBM is a smart company … and people will infer that there's something negative about [Transmeta's] product."

Gustav Klimt The Kiss painting

Gustav Klimt The Kiss painting
Gustav Klimt Sea Serpents painting
performance since 1981. The broader Standard & Poor's 500 Index (^SPX) fell 37.01 points, or 2.80 percent, to 1,283.27. The S&P 500 ended 2000 with its worst annual performance since 1977. Tuesday's selloff followed economic data that showed U.S. manufacturing fell to its lowest level in a decade, providing more signs that confirmed the cooling of the U.S. economy. The National Association of Purchasing Management (NAPM) said its purchasing managers' index, a gauge of manufacturing across the United States, tumbled to 43.7 from 47.7 in November. Economists had forecast the index would fall a little, to 47.0. U.S. Treasuries roared higher after the report, which sparked market hopes for imminent interest-rate cuts from the Federal Reserve. Bonds also have become more attractive in recent weeks, thanks to the continuing carnage in the equity markets.

childe hassam Geraniums painting

childe hassam Geraniums painting
Joaquin Sorolla y Bastida El bano del caballo [The Horse's Bath] painting
So male, in fact, that several of the casinos along the strip have swapped their usual cabaret shows this week for raunchier displays, some involving porn stars. And 60 miles outside the city, in the only county in the country in which prostitution is a legal business enterprise, the ladies at the Cherry Ranch are gearing up for business. Do they expect to see more customers this week?"Well, yeah," said the women who answered the phone. "Those guys are in town." She laughed and hung up. Stupid reporters. At least some critics argue that tech women have stayed away from Comdex because of its reputation for business-by-day and pleasure-by-night. Not so, says Comdex brand manager Missy Miller.

Alphonse Maria Mucha paintings

Alphonse Maria Mucha paintings
Benjamin Williams Leader paintings
While the potential to manipulate genomes has stirred the pot of ethical and social mores, scientists are eager to advance human health and attain greater understanding of all life, according to the journal. Another perspective on human life came with the discovery of 1.7 million-year-old fossil skulls at Dmanisi in the Republic of Georgia. They may represent the first human ancestors to journey out of Africa, a journey that took place well before advances such as the hand axe. Scientific advances beyond Earth also center on an understanding of, and the search for, life. Strong evidence of recent water flow on Mars and a salty ocean on Jupiter's moon Europa have piqued interest in the possibility of life within Earth's immediate solar neighborhood.

building painting

building painting
Children painting
including to Hollywood heavy-weights Tom Cruise, Nicole Kidman, Meg Ryan and Clint Eastwood and former U.S. presidents Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter. And if you're wondering how anyone can sell real estate on the moon, here's how. In 1980, Hope wanted to find and sell property inexpensively. He remembered from his college days the Outer Space Treaty of 1967 which basically said no country could own extraterrestrial property, but it didn't mention individuals or corporations. Four years later, the U.N. tried to add this loophole but an overwhelming majority of countries (179-6) voted not to support it.Although the Earlston golfers will have some high-profile neighbors, Hunter has gotten down to business and begun preparations for the course, beginning with the lunar scorecard. Since the gravity on the moon is about one sixth that of the earth, Hunter simply took the length of a mere earthling golf course and multiplied it by six times.

Eduard Manet paintings

Eduard Manet paintings
Edwin Austin Abbey paintings
Combs 'Saddened' By Shyne's Conviction Combs said these claims were "absolutely ridiculous," and his lawyer Benjamin Brafman added, "None of the defense witnesses lied in any way about anything." Combs released a statement through his publicist yesterday, saying, "I am deeply saddened about Shyne's conviction. I believe that Shyne had no intention of hurting anyone. My own victory is bittersweet because of what happened to Shyne and the victims. I want to make it clear … that I was found innocent of all charges because I am innocent. It is absolutely ridiculous for anyone to blame me for anyone else's actions." Co-defendant and bodyguard Anthony "Wolf" Jones, who was also acquitted,

Douglas Hofmann midnight blue painting

Douglas Hofmann midnight blue painting
Douglas Hofmann Jessica painting
It made us strong — like OK, we're going home now," Weber says. Cruel SacrificeBut Sander never made it home. To push negotiations forward, the guerrillas executed him and left his body along a roadside, covered in a sheet on which they had written: "For nonpayment of ransom." Back in Oregon, Weber's wife panicked. "I would relate it to being like a horse in a burning barn," she says. "You don't know what to do. You don't know how to get out. You're terrified." Lisa wanted her husband's employer to pay the ransom — whatever the price. Sander's widow accused her late husband's employer, Helmerich & Payne, a Tulsa, Okla., oil drilling firm, of negligence for not paying ransom. Others

Howard Behrens Village Hideaway painting

Howard Behrens Village Hideaway painting
Paul McCormack Cavalier painting
central London she received a letter from Barclaycard, Britain’s biggest credit card company, which had issued her Visa card.Normally very vigilant and careful with her cards, she was shocked to read that there had been abnormal activity on her account. After speaking directly to the bank she found out that someone had gone on a shopping spree the weekend after her shopping trip and, using her card details, they had spent the equivalent of more than $800 in a computer superstore and a toy store chain.Lucky for her, the bank acted quickly and canceled her account number.Says Mangold, “Although my faith in credit cards has been shaken there is no viable alternative at the moment.” Fraud Adds up to Millions a YearMangold has plenty of company. Skimming is costing credit card issuers

William Merritt Chase Chase Summertime painting

William Merritt Chase Chase Summertime painting
Albert Bierstadt Bavarian Landscape painting
She and Bonet also want to have children together, "how ever many I can pump out before I get too old," Berry says. She may be a siren on screen, but in real life the actress is as likely to wear sweats as she is sexy nightgowns. "It depends on what day of the week it is," Berry said. "He said 'you know what Halle, you've been fighting this battle in Hollywood for 10 years with your arms tied behind But it was hard for her to make the decision to do the scene. "And I remember saying to my husband, 'I don't know, should I?'" Berry said. inspires me and she happens to have a love scene, well, OK, then I'm open to it." Tripping Co-Star Berry used to toss scripts involving nudity. "I still want to do things tastefully and I don't want to degrade women or degrade myself — but I'm now open to everything

Vittore Carpaccio paintings

Vittore Carpaccio paintings
Warren Kimble paintings
turtle is known to venture out onto roads at this time of year to find places to lay their eggs."Just ride around the block around here in June and you'll see dead carcasses everywhere," she says. "Anyone who walks along a major road sees tons of shell fragments."Jeffrey Lang, a biologist at the University of North Dakota in Grand Forks is researching what size culverts turtles and tortoises are likely to pass through rather than lumbering across treacherous paved highways. His work so far suggests 3-to-4-foot wide underground passageways might appeal to most of the shell-covered reptiles. Pet Collectors Also ThreatApart from increasing road kills, Gibbs suspects one other factor might be behind the population declines — pet collectors. He points out that spotted turtles can be sold for hundreds of dollars in Europe and that may be having a big impact on the animal.

Andrew Atroshenko paintings

Andrew Atroshenko paintings
Alfred Gockel paintings
The question among many people has become, "Why have a royal family at all, when they behave like commoners?"But the acting like commoners can also be a recipe for popularity, even when it comes to one of the world's most venerated monarchies, Japan's Chrysanthemum Throne.Japan's imperial family claims an unbroken line to the country's mythical past, and enjoy even greater popularity than the British royal family.But Japan's royals are hardly as much of a tourist attraction as the Windsors are, nor do they surround themselves with as much pomp and circumstance, or media attention.In fact, said Amanda Seaman, a professor at Randolph Macon College in Virginia, they serve as an "epitome of the model middle-class family."It's a much different dynamic than the British royal family, she said.

Lighthouse paintings

Lighthouse paintings
Music painting
Unfortunately, the Gulf of Mexico has been treated as somewhat of a sewer by the rest of the United States," said Mark Muhich of the Sierra Club.Many environmental groups welcomed the report, but said even its stark findings understate the serious condition of coastal waters.
Halle Berry became the first African-American to win the Best Actress Oscar and Denzel Washington followed Sidney Poitier as only the second black to win the Best Actor award.
Complete List of WinnersA Beautiful Mind took home the Best Picture prize and several of the most coveted awards, including honors for director, supporting actress and adapted screenplay.But in an evening where Poitier received a special honorary Oscar, the achievements of black actors highlighted the 74th Academy Awards.Berry burst into tears as she accepted her award for her daring role as the widow of a death-row inmate who strikes up an unlikely relationship with her husband's executioner.

Landscape painting

Landscape painting
Lighthouse paintings
The rent of suits to be worn at the wedding party (two dresses for the bride and one for the groom) is 300 yuan (US). "She still bought a 3,000 yuan (US) wedding gown," Li added. 　　Renting the car and then decorating the car with flowers and hiring a make-up girl for the bride, all these take money. 　　Li figures out that the overall cost of the wedding ceremony is at least 60,000 yuan (US,229). Earning 2,500 yuan (US) a month, Li has withdrawn all his savings for the big day. 　　Yet according to Yu Jian, manager of Shanghai Hao Yun Matchmaking Agency, the cost of Li's wedding ceremony is quite typical for the city. 　　The general trend 　　Yu has recently taken a survey of some 300 newlyweds who have entrusted his company to host their wedding ceremonies. Over 80 per cent of the couples

Claude Monet The Red Boats Argenteuil painting

Claude Monet The Red Boats Argenteuil painting
Leonardo da Vinci the picture of the last supper painting
These virtual patients come in different shapes and sizes, much like the real ones. Some are almost lifelike mannequins with plastic ears and hair, veins that can be injected, eyes that can move and interchangeable genitals. They can't be hurt or killed, even though they have a pulse, a beating heart and lungs that breathe. The most sophisticated can be programmed to simulate every imaginable medical crisis and then respond as a doctor works on the "patient." Other, virtual reality-type simulators combine video or computer images with tactile feedback. Trainees insert needles or surgical tools into a plastic box whose innards give the sensation of cutting flesh or pushing through body parts such as the throat or colon. A video screen shows what a doctor would watch during the procedure, such as ultrasound images. The technology is barely 10 years old, and already simulators are widely

John William Godward Under the Blossom that Hangs on the Bough painting

John William Godward Under the Blossom that Hangs on the Bough painting
John William Waterhouse waterhouse Saint Cecilia painting
colored contact lenses you see all the time — it may be safer — and it's really a lot of fun," says Maloney. "It's a really neat way to make yourself unique if that's something you want to do." The 15-minute procedure costs $3,900 and is performed under local anesthetic. And according to Maloney, the procedure is painless. "As you recover, there's some mild irritation for a couple of weeks and there's some redness around the jewel and all the redness goes away and the discomfort goes away and you've got a little twinkle in your eye." Is It Really Safe? Many ophthalmologists are still wary of eyeball jewelry, and are issuing strong cautions about the fashion trend.Susan Taub, M.D., assistant professor of ophthalmology at Northwestern University in Chicago, says the three risks of implanting jewels in the mucus membrane of the eye eaxist: rejection, infection, and inflammation.

Fra Angelico paintings

Fra Angelico paintings
Frederic Edwin Church paintings
sensitive issue of UN reform - an administration priority.Less publicized is the absence of Bush's designated occupant for the post of undersecretary of State for public diplomacy. Bush surprised many by nominating longtime confidante and communications aide Karen Hughes to the post in March - assigning her to effect the kind of change on America's image abroad that she is known for having accomplished on Bush's behalf.on, two of the Bush II administration's key diplomatic and outreach posts sit vacant - one held up by a high-profile Senate confirmation battle, the other unfilled by its designated occupant until the fall. The two vacancies send mixed signals to a world that continues to hold a dim view of American policies - particularly How unfilled posts affect US image abroad Child Left Behind program in 2003 and 2004.The Health and Human Services Department paid two columnists more than $40,000 to write brochures and train some of its staff - payments the columnists did not disclose to their readers.

Aubrey Beardsley paintings

Aubrey Beardsley paintings
Andrea del Sarto paintings
become more earnest addressing the erosion in listenership," says Sean Ross of Edison Media Research. Hot concepts:Jack. Aka Bob, Alice and other first-name monikers, the format focuses on '70s, '80s and '90s hits, sprinkled with current tunes. Target audience: twenty-somethings to baby boomers. A hit in Canada since 2002, Jack could be in 100 U.S. markets this year.Hurban. Spanish-language formats are hot. Hurban, a fusion of Spanish hip-hop and English-language R&B, targeting young second- and third-generation Hispanics, is even hotter. Strong in Southern markets, Hurban "is a concept coming up bigger every week," Billboard Radio Monitor editor Paul Heine says. Progressive talk. Talk radio has long been dominated by syndicated conservatives such as Rush Limbaugh. But liberal formats, led by Air America, have sprung up in 75 markets. "It appeals to those left out of the current conversation in talk radio," Heine says.

wholesale oil painting

wholesale oil painting
anything was up -- she thought I was just being annoying. Once we got to the beach, I waited for Jessica's mood to improve, and then I started talking about all our good times and how much I loved her -- and why. I guess I overdid it, because she said, "What's going on?" I reached into my pocket, pulled out the diamond ring, and said, "Jessica, will you marry me?" Her reply was, "Are you kidding?" I told her to just answer the question. She said yes. And cried. Then we sat on the beach and watched the sun come up. Romeo #3:Jackie knew I had the ring -- we picked it out together -- but I still wanted the proposal to be a complete surprise. The only place I didn't think she'd expect it was at her office, so I asked her boss to help me arrange it. He agreed to schedule a fake meeting with her so she'd be in her office when I arrived. As I walked in, Jackie turned red and said, "What are you doing here?" Apparently, she thought her boss was going to be mad. Instead, he left the office. I closed

Claude Monet The Shoot painting

Claude Monet The Shoot painting
Gustav Klimt Water Castle painting
optimistic everytime, i feel really tired.i do not born as a power girl.i want to seek a loney room,locked with a big lock,do not want to be interuppted,i want to cry in this room,but everytime i do this,i feel more cold.i know that i can‘t lose my friends,without them, i feel more pity.i was not the same girl as before. to be strong as best as i can do, the future must built by myself,when escape from loneness,i began to void any thngs that made me feel helplessness.it is a strange things, when i look back and think myself the second time, was it the same people in the mirro,no, the time and exprerance changed every thing.to be strong,to study, read more.some mistake do not correct in this passage, cause, cause i‘am nearsight, it is a painful thing for me to find those words which have been mistakenwell, i feel some......some pity for the feelings i do not express well.i want to have readers, thank uAfter watching this article , i think that your writing ability is not very good . Of course ,mine is also not gond, so here is a stage where we can study together .frankly,I think you are a good girl .the article is really impressive ,it gives me lots of my own memories .what you think is nomal to many students! sometimes people feel confued on some issueand .things areis inconsistent with each other ,and we hope to find what we really want
maybe ,you should find a boy that have the similar thought.and share something for you.the oppost sex can work you out.

Arthur Hughes paintings

Arthur Hughes paintings
Albert Bierstadt paintings
round flanks full of treasure, to be visited by the Queen’s Highness and thus pass out of the gigantic tale, to the Erebus and Terror, bound on other conquests - and that never returned. It had known the ships and the men. They had sailed from Deptford, from Greenwich, from Erith - the adventurers and the settlers; kings’ ships and the ships of men on ‘Change; captains, admirals, the dark “interlopers” of the Eastern trade, and the commissioned “generals” of East India fleets. Hunters for gold or pursuers of fame, they all had gone out on that stream, bearing the sword, and often the torch, messengers of the might within the land, bearers of a spark from the sacred fire. What greatness had straight back, an ascetic aspect, and, with his arms dropped, the palms of hands outwards, resembled an idol. The Director, satisfied the anchor had good hold, made his way aft and sat down amongst us. We exchanged a few words lazily. Afterwards there was silence on board the yacht. For some reason or other we did not begin that game of dominoes. We felt meditative, and fit for nothing but placid staring. The day

Gustav Klimt lady with fan I painting

Gustav Klimt lady with fan I painting
William Merritt Chase After the Rain painting
She is going to think it over and decide very soon."
Gilbert flung himself wearily into the easy chair before the fire. He looked tired. It had not been an easy thing for him to tell Leslie. And the terror that had sprung into her eyes when the meaning of what he told her came home to her was not a pleasant thing to remember. Now, when the die was cast, he was beset with doubts of his own wisdom.
Anne looked at him remorsefully; then she slipped down on the rug beside him and laid her glossy red head on his arm.
"Gilbert, I've been rather hateful over this. I won't be any more. Please just call me red-headed and forgive me."
By which Gilbert understood that, no matter what came of it, there would be no I-told-you-so's. But he was not wholly comforted. Duty in the abstract is one thing; duty in the concrete is quite another, especially when the doer is confronted by a woman's stricken eyes.

Pablo Picasso Le Moulin de la Galette painting

Pablo Picasso Le Moulin de la Galette painting
Tamara de Lempicka Adam and Eve painting
and preparation. When they went back to Four Winds the little house was almost drifted over, for the third storm of a winter that was to prove phenomenally stormy had whirled up the harbor and heaped huge snow mountains about everything it encountered. But Captain Jim had shovelled out doors and paths, and Miss Cornelia had come down and kindled the hearth-fire.
"It's good to see you back, Anne, dearie! But did you ever see such drifts? You can't see the Moore place at all unless you go upstairs. Leslie'll be so glad you're back. She's almost buried alive over there. Fortunately Dick can shovel snow, and thinks it's great fun. Susan sent me word to tell you she would be on hand tomorrow. Where are you off to now, Captain?"
"I reckon I'll plough up to the Glen and sit a bit with old Martin Strong. He's not far from his end and he's lonesome. He hasn't many friends--been too busy all his life to make any. He's made heaps of money, though."
"Well, he thought that since he couldn't serve God and Mammon he'd better stick to Mammon

Leon Bazile Perrault A Water Nymph painting

Leon Bazile Perrault A Water Nymph painting
Albert Bierstadt Buffalo Country painting
Anne could hardly discard it completely, for there were undoubtedly times when she felt, with an instinct that was not to be combated by reason, that Leslie harbored a queer, indefinable resentment towards her. At times, this secret consciousness marred the delight of their comradeship; at others it was almost forgotten; but Anne always felt the hidden thorn was there, and might prick her at any moment. She felt a cruel sting from it on the day when she told Leslie of what she hoped the spring would bring to the little house of dreams. Leslie looked at her with hard, bitter, unfriendly eyes.
"So you are to have that, too," she said in a choked voice. And without another word she had turned and gone across the fields homeward. Anne was deeply hurt; for the moment she felt as if she could never like Leslie again. But when Leslie came over a few evenings later she was so pleasant, so friendly, so frank, and witty, and winsome, that Anne

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres paintings

Jean Auguste Dominique Ingres paintings
John William Godward paintings
I never was so distracted in my life as I was the first six months he was here," acknowledged Marilla. "After that I suppose I got used to him. He's taken a great notion to farming lately, and wants me to let him try running the farm next year. I may, for Mr. Barry doesn't think he'll want to rent it much longer, and some new arrangement will have to be made."
"Well, you certainly have a lovely day for your wedding, Anne," said Diana, as she slipped a voluminous apron over her silken array. "You couldn't have had a finer one if you'd ordered it from Eaton's."
"Indeed, there's too much money going out of this Island to that same Eaton's," said Mrs. Lynde indignantly. She had strong views on the subject of octopus-like department stores, and never lost an opportunity of airing them. "And as for those catalogues of theirs, they're the Avonlea girls' Bible now, that's what. They pore over them on Sundays instead of studying the Holy Scriptures."
"Well, they're splendid to amuse children with," said Diana. "Fred and Small Anne look at the pictures by the hour."
"I amused ten children without the aid of Eaton's catalogue," said Mrs

Frank Dicksee paintings

Frank Dicksee paintings
Ford Madox Brown paintings
developed in her a sense of humor which helped her over many difficulties; but as yet nothing had availed to steel her against a reference to her hair.
"So it is--so it is," conceded Mrs. Harmon. "There's no telling what queer freaks fashion will take. Well, Anne, your things are very pretty, and very suitable to your position in life, aren't they, Jane? I hope you'll be very happy. You have my best wishes, I'm sure. A long engagement doesn't often turn out well. But, of course, in your case it couldn't be helped."
"Gilbert looks very young for a doctor. I'm afraid people won't have much confidence in him," said Mrs. Jasper Bell gloomily. Then she shut her mouth tightly, as if she had said what she considered it her duty to say and held her conscience clear. She belonged to the type which always has a stringy black feather in its hat and straggling locks of hair on its neck.
Anne's surface pleasure in her pretty bridal things was temporarily shadowed; but the deeps of happiness below could not thus be disturbed; and the little stings of Mesdames Bell and Andrews

Charles Chaplin paintings

Charles Chaplin paintings
Douglas Hofmann paintings
imagine what you meant. I heard a vicious click as soon as you had spoken. I suppose it was the Pye receiver being hung up with profane energy. Well, never mind the Pyes. As Mrs. Rachel says, `Pyes they always were and Pyes they always will be, world without end, amen.' I want to talk of pleasanter things. It's all settled as to where my new home shall be."
"Oh, Anne, where? I do hope it's near here."
"No-o-o, that's the drawback. Gilbert is going to settle at Four Winds Harbor--sixty miles from here."
"Sixty! It might as well be six hundred," sighed Diana. "I never can get further from home now than Charlottetown."
"You'll have to come to Four Winds. It's the most beautiful harbor on the

William Merritt Chase After the Rain painting

William Merritt Chase After the Rain painting
John William Waterhouse Waterhouse Narcissus painting
Charlie Sloane had guessed and told his guesses for truth. Perhaps Diana had betrayed it to Fred and Fred had been indiscreet. At all events it was known; Mrs. Blythe no longer asked Anne, in public or private, if she had heard lately from Gilbert, but passed her by with a frosty bow. Anne, who had always liked Gilbert's merry, young-hearted mother, was grieved in secret over this. Marilla said nothing; but Mrs. Lynde gave Anne many exasperated digs about it, until fresh gossip reached that worthy lady, through the medium of Moody Spurgeon MacPherson's mother, that Anne had another "beau" at college, who was rich and handsome and good all in one. After that Mrs. Rachel held her tongue, though she still wished in her inmost heart that Anne had accepted Gilbert. Riches were all very well; but even Mrs. Rachel, practical soul though she was, did not consider them the one essential. If Anne "liked" the Handsome Unknown better than Gilbert there was nothing more to be said; but Mrs. Rachel was dreadfully afraid that Anne was going to make the mistake of marrying for money. Marilla knew Anne too well to fear this; but she felt that something in the universal scheme of things had gone sadly awry.
"What is to be, will be," said Mrs. Rachel gloomily, "and what isn't to be happens

Leon Bazile Perrault A Water Nymph painting

Leon Bazile Perrault A Water Nymph painting
Albert Bierstadt Buffalo Country painting
Jonas likes you better for your big brown eyes and your crooked smile than for all the brains you carry under your curls," said Anne.
"When I was a girl it wasn't considered lady-like to know anything about Mathematics," said Aunt Jamesina. "But times have changed. I don't know that it's all for the better. Can you cook, Phil?"
"No, I never cooked anything in my life except a gingerbread and it was a failure -- flat in the middle and hilly round the edges. You know the kind. But, Aunty, when I begin in good earnest to learn to cook don't you think the brains that enable me to win a mathematical scholarship will also enable me to learn cooking just as well?"
"Maybe," said Aunt Jamesina cautiously. "I am not decrying the higher education of women. My daughter is an M.A. She can cook, too. But I taught her to cook BEFORE I let a college professor teach her Mathematics."
In mid-March came a letter from Miss Patty Spofford, saying that she and Miss Maria had decided to remain abroad for another year.

Guillaume Seignac Psyche painting

Guillaume Seignac Psyche painting
John William Waterhouse The Lady of Shalott painting
and his fancy was still like a prism, separating everything that fell upon it into rainbows. He and Anne had delightful rambles to wood and field and shore. Never were there two more thoroughly "kindred spirits."
Charlotta the Fourth had blossomed out into young ladyhood. She wore her hair now in an enormous pompador and had discarded the blue ribbon bows of auld lang syne, but her face was as freckled, her nose as snubbed, and her mouth and smiles as wide as ever.
"You don't think I talk with a Yankee accent, do you, Miss Shirley, ma'am?" she demanded anxiously.
"I don't notice it, Charlotta."
"I'm real glad of that. They said I did at home, but I thought likely they just wanted to aggravate me. I don't want no Yankee accent. Not that I've a word to say against the Yankees, Miss Shirley, ma'am. They're real civilized. But give me old P.E. Island every time."

Rembrandt Christ In The Storm painting

Rembrandt Christ In The Storm painting
Claude Monet The Red Boats painting
now. But there must be some bitterness in it -- there is in every cup. I shall taste mine some day. Well, I hope I shall be strong and brave to meet it. And I hope it won't be through my own fault that it will come. Do you remember what Dr. Davis said last Sunday evening -- that the sorrows God sent us brought comfort and strength with them, while the sorrows we brought on ourselves, through folly or wickedness, were by far the hardest to bear? But we mustn't talk of sorrow on an afternoon like this. It's meant for the sheer joy of living, isn't it?"
"If I had my way I'd shut everything out of your life but happiness and pleasure, Anne," said Gilbert in the tone that meant "danger ahead."
"Then you would be very unwise," rejoined Anne hastily. "I'm sure no life can be properly developed and rounded out without some trial and sorrow -- though I suppose it is only when

Gustav Klimt The Tree of Life painting

Gustav Klimt The Tree of Life painting
Philip Craig Twilight Courtyard painting
part to the steady work she and Gilbert had put in during those two past years in Avonlea. This left her more time for a social life which she thoroughly enjoyed. But never for a moment did she forget Avonlea and the friends there. To her, the happiest moments in each week were those in which letters came from home. It was not until she had got her first letters that she began to think she could ever like Kingsport or feel at home there. Before they came, Avonlea had seemed thousands of miles away; those letters brought it near and linked the old life to the new so closely that they began to seem one and the same, instead of two hopelessly segregated existences. The first batch contained six letters, from Jane Andrews, Ruby Gillis, Diana Barry, Marilla, Mrs. Lynde and Davy. Jane's was a copperplate production, with every "t" nicely crossed and every "i" precisely dotted, and not an interesting sentence in it. She never mentioned the school, concerning which Anne was avid to hear; she never answered one of the questions Anne had asked

Jean-Honore Fragonard paintings

Jean-Honore Fragonard paintings
Jehan Georges Vibert paintings
she suited me fine; she was just reasonably tidy and she let me alone and spoiled me. . .so Emily says. But three years ago she died. Before she died she worried a lot about what was to become of me and finally she got me to promise I'd get married. She advised me to take Emily Scott because Emily had money of her own and was a pattern housekeeper. I said, says I, `Emily Scott wouldn't look at me.' `You ask her and see,' says my sister; and just to ease her mind I promised her I would. . .and I did. And Emily said she'd have me. Never was so surprised in my life, Anne. . .a smart pretty little woman like her and an old fellow like me. I tell you I thought at first I was in luck. Well, we were married and took a little wedding trip to St. John for a fortnight and then we went home. We got home at ten o'clock at night, and I give you my word, Anne, that in half an hour that woman was at work housecleaning. Oh, I know you're thinking my house needed it. . .

Gustave Courbet paintings

Gustave Courbet paintings
Guido Reni paintings
They found out what Mrs. Lynde had to say when she came up that evening. Mrs. Lynde wasn't surprised! Mrs. Lynde had always expected something of the sort! Mrs. Lynde had always known there was something about Mr. Harrison!
"To think of his deserting his wife!" she said indignantly. "It's like something you'd read of in the States, but who would expect such a thing to happen right here in Avonlea?"
"But we don't know that he deserted her," protested Anne, determined to believe her friend innocent till he was proved guilty. "We don't know the rights of it at all."
"Well, we soon will. I'm going straight over there," said Mrs. Lynde, who had never learned that there was such a word as delicacy in the dictionary. "I'm not supposed to know anything about her arrival, and Mr. Harrison was to bring some medicine for Thomas from Carmody today, so that will be a good excuse. I'll find out the whole story and come in and tell you on the way back

Aubrey Beardsley paintings

Aubrey Beardsley paintings
Andrea del Sarto paintings
feasting and making candy and laughing and "pretending," it is quite true that Miss Lavendar and Anne comported themselves in a fashion entirely unsuited to the dignity of a spinster of forty-five and a sedate schoolma'am. Then, when they were tired, they sat down on the rug before the grate in the parlor, lighted only by the soft fireshine and perfumed deliciously by Miss Lavendar's open rose-jar on the mantel. The wind had risen and was sighing and wailing around the eaves and the snow was thudding softly against the windows, as if a hundred storm sprites were tapping for entrance.
"I'm so glad you're here, Anne," said Miss Lavendar, nibbling at her candy. "If you weren't I should be blue. . .very blue. . . almost navy blue. Dreams and make-believes are all very well in the daytime and the sunshine, but when dark and storm come they fail to satisfy. One wants real things then. But you don't know this. . .seventeen never knows it. At seventeen dreams do satisfy

wholesale oil painting

wholesale oil painting
and verses are only the outward garments of the poem and are no more really it than your ruffles and flounces are you, Jane. The real poem is the soul within them . . .and that beautiful bit is the soul of an unwritten poem. It is not every day one sees a soul. . .even of a poem."
"I wonder what a soul. . .a person's soul. . .would look like," said Priscilla dreamily.
"Like that, I should think," answered Anne, pointing to a radiance of sifted sunlight streaming through a birch tree. "Only with shape and features of course. I like to fancy souls as being made of light. And some are all shot through with rosy stains and quivers. . .and some have a soft glitter like moonlight on the sea. . .and some are pale and transparent like mist at dawn."
"I read somewhere once that souls were like flowers," said Priscilla.
"Then your soul is a golden narcissus," said Anne, "and Diana's is like a red, red rose

Edgar Degas Star of the Ballet painting

Edgar Degas Star of the Ballet painting
Johannes Vermeer Girl with a Red Hat painting
can. . ." Davy groped mentally for a suitable penance. . ."you can skin me alive, Anne."
"Don't say `whopper,' Davy. . .say `falsehood,'" said the schoolma'am.
"Why?" queried Davy, settling comfortably down and looking up with a tearstained, investigating face. "Why ain't whopper as good as falsehood? I want to know. It's just as big a word."
"It's slang; and it's wrong for little boys to use slang."
"There's an awful lot of things it's wrong to do," said Davy with a sigh. "I never s'posed there was so many. I'm sorry it's wrong to tell whop. . . falsehoods, 'cause it's awful handy, but since it is I'm never going to tell any more. What are you going to do to me for telling them this time? I want to know." Anne looked beseechingly at Marilla.

Pino Purity painting

Pino Purity painting
Pablo Picasso Girl with Mandolin Fanny Tellie painting
Indeed I do," said Anne sincerely. Somehow, it was impossible to help liking Davy. "But I'd like you better still if you weren't so naughty."
"I. . .did something else today," went on Davy in a muffled voice. "I'm sorry now but I'm awful scared to tell you. You won't be very cross, will you? And you won't tell Marilla, will you?"
"I don't know, Davy. Perhaps I ought to tell her. But I think I can promise you I won't if you promise me that you will never do it again, whatever it is."
"No, I never will. Anyhow, it's not likely I'd find any more of them this year. I found this one on the cellar steps."
"Davy, what is it you've done?"
"I put a toad in Marilla's bed. You can go and take

Ford Madox Brown paintings

Ford Madox Brown paintings
Federico Andreotti paintings
thunder-shower came up while the girls were at Carmody; it did not last long, however, and the drive home, through lanes where the raindrops sparkled on the boughs and little leafy valleys where the drenched ferns gave out spicy odors, was delightful. But just as they turned into the Cuthbert lane Anne saw something that spoiled the beauty of the landscape for her.
Before them on the right extended Mr. Harrison's broad, gray-green field of late oats, wet and luxuriant; and there, standing squarely in the middle of it, up to her sleek sides in the lush growth, and blinking at them calmly over the intervening tassels, was a Jersey cow!
Anne dropped the reins and stood up with a tightening of the lips that boded no good to the predatory quadruped. Not a word said she, but she climbed nimbly down over the wheels, and whisked across the fence before Diana understood what had happened.