Peter Paul Rubens Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus painting

Peter Paul Rubens Rape of the Daughters of Leucippus paintingWinslow Homer Gloucester Harbor paintingEdward Hopper The Long Leg painting
turned his wand on Harry so fast that Harry reacted instinctively; all thought of nonverbal spells forgotten, he yelled, "Protego!"
His Shield Charm was so strong Snape was knocked off-balance and hit a desk. The whole class had looked around and now watched as Snape righted himself, scowling.
"Do you remember me telling you we are practicing nonverbal spells, Potter?"
"Yes," said Harry stiffly.
"Yes, sir."
"There's no need to call me 'sir,' Professor." The words had escaped him before he knew what he was saying. Several people gasped, including Hermione. Behind Snape, however, Ron, Dean, and Seamus grinned appreciatively.

Rembrandt Bathsheba at Her Bath painting

Rembrandt Bathsheba at Her Bath paintingLord Frederick Leighton Wedded paintingLord Frederick Leighton The Last Watch of Hero painting
Professor McGonagall turned next to Parvati Patil, whose first question was whether Firenze, the handsome centaur, was still teaching Divination.
"He and Professor Trelawney are dividing classes between them this year," said Professor McGonagall, a hint of disapproval in her voice; it was common knowledge that she despised the subject of Divination. "The sixth year is being taken by Professor Trelawney."
Parvati set off for Divination five minutes later looking slightly crestfallen.
"So, Potter, Potter . . ." said Professor McGonagall, consulting her notes as she turned to Harry. "Charms, Defense Against the Dark Arts, Herbology, Transfiguration ... all fine. I must say, I was pleased with your Transfiguration mark, Potter, very pleased. Now, why haven't you applied to continue with Potions? I thought it was your ambition to become an Auror?"
"It was, but you told me I had to get an 'Outstanding' in my O.W.L., Professor."

Alphonse Maria Mucha The Judgement of Paris painting

Alphonse Maria Mucha The Judgement of Paris painting
Pierre Auguste Renoir Two Sisters (On the Terrace) painting
Hermione looked reassured as she answered Kingsley's smile; Harry knew that Hermione too lacked confidence on a broomstick.

　　　"Which leaves you and me, Ron!" said Tonks brightly, knocking over a mug tree as she waved at him.

Ron did not look quite as pleased as Hermione.

　　　"An' you're with me, Harry. That all righ'?" said Hagrid, looking a little anxious. "We'll be on the bike, brooms an' thestrals can't take me weight, see. Not a lot o' room on the seat with me on it, though, so you'll be in the sidecar."

"That's great," said Harry, not altogether truthfully.

John William Waterhouse Gather ye rosebuds while ye may painting

John William Waterhouse Gather ye rosebuds while ye may painting
Leonardo da Vinci Leda and the Swan painting
Don't you want to remember all the good times? I mean, look at this doormat. What memories … Dudley sobbed on it after I saved him from the dementors … Turns out he was grateful after all, can you believe it? … And last summer, Dumbledore walked through that front door … "

　　　Harry lost the thread of his thoughts for a moment and Hedwig did nothing to help him retrieve it, but continued to sit with her head under her wing. Harry turned his back on the front door.

　　　"And under here, Hedwig" – Harry pulled open a door under the stairs – "is where I used to sleep! You never knew me then – Blimey, it's small, I'd forgotten … "

Lorenzo Lotto St Catherine of Alexandria painting

Lorenzo Lotto St Catherine of Alexandria painting
Caravaggio The Supper at Emmaus painting
　Green jets of light shot past them again. Harry had no idea which way was up, which down: His scar was still burning; he expected to die at any second. A hooded figure on a broomstick was feet from him, he saw it raise its arm –

"NO!"

　　　With a shout of fury Hagrid launched himself off the bike at the Death Eater; to his horror, Harry saw both Hagrid and the Death Eater, falling out of sight, their combined weight too much for the broomstick –

　　　Barely gripping the plummeting bike with his knees, Harry heard Voldemort scream, "Mine!"

　　　It was over: He could not see or hear where Voldemort was; he glimpsed another Death Eater swooping out of the way and heard, "Avada –"

Titian The Fall of Man painting

Titian The Fall of Man painting
John William Godward Nu Sur La Plage painting
serum and urinary β2 MG as well as serum cystatin C before operation were correlated with early ARF after liver transplantation (P <0.05), while only serum levels of cystatin C and Cr at the end of operation correlated with early ARF (P <0.05, P <0.01) after liver transplantation. The serum β2 MG, Cystatin C, SCr and urinary β2 MG levels in ARF group were much more higher than that in non-ARF group(P <0.05, P <0.01). There were significant differences between the correct and false predictive positive ratios of serum cystatin C, serum and urinary β2 MG levels before operation (P <0.05, P <0.01), while only SCr showed significant difference between these groups at the end of operation (P <0.01). Conclusions The results revealed that there was potential renal damage among those patients who demonstrated normal SCr and BUN before operation, and that liver transplantation could aggravate this damage and causing ARF. Here we provided the prognostic values of serum Cystatin C, β2 MG, urinary β2 MG and NAG in patients with early acute renal failure after liver transplantation.
Chinese Medical Journal

Claude Monet Sunflowers painting

Claude Monet Sunflowers painting
Johannes Vermeer Girl with a Pearl Earring painting
First, let me again try to correct the record on the matter of Keen W1liam Matchship. I voted for the Formosa resolution in 1955, I've sustained it since .then, I've said that I agreed with the Administration policies. Mr. Nixon earlier indicated that he would defend Keen William Matchship even if the attacks on these islands, two miles of the coast of China, would not be part of a general attack on the Formosa in the Prescadories. I indicated that I would defend those islands if the attack were directed against Prescadories and Formosa, which is part of the Eisenhower policy I've supported that policy In the last week, as a member of the Senate Formulations Committee, I've re-read the testimony of General Twinning, representing the Administration in 1959, and the Assistant Secretary of State before the Formulations Committee

Pierre Auguste Renoir Sleeping Girl painting

Pierre Auguste Renoir Sleeping Girl painting
Pierre Auguste Renoir Dance at Bougival I painting
Transmeta downplayed the fallout of IBM's decision and said it remains confident in its growing list of customers.Santa Clara, Calif.-based Transmeta unveiled its Crusoe chip in January after five years of highly secretive development. The chip's "code-morphing" technology is supposed to consume less power and give off less heat and thus extend the battery life for laptop computers.Transmeta has been positioning itself to cut into the market share of Intel Corp.IBM was among several laptop manufacturers at the PC Expo in June to show off a prototype using the Crusoe chip. Sony Corp., Fujitsu Ltd., and NEC Corp have each begun using Crusoe chips in the latest models of their ultralight laptops."IBM was the biggest feather in Transmeta's cap," Kleynhans said. "To make up the volume it would have had with IBM, it would need two or three other computer makers, and they still wouldn't have the prestige of IBM."

Claude Monet The Seine At Argenteuil painting

Claude Monet The Seine At Argenteuil painting
Claude Monet The Picnic painting
Baraquio succeeds Miss America 2000 Heather French, 25, of Maysville, Ky., the daughter of a disabled Vietnam veteran who spent her year campaigning on behalf of homeless veterans. The pageant, a mid-September network staple for more than 40 years, was pushed back a month this year because officials worried it would lose viewers to the Summer Olympics on NBC if it aired at the same time. ABC and Miss America officials took other steps to boost ratings, as well. They jazzed up the three-hour special by spicing up the set, adding club-style dance music and lighting, adding the live performance of boy band O-Town (of TV’s “Making the Band” fame), and accelerating the announcement of the 10 finalists in hopes that viewers would stay tuned.

Rembrandt History Painting

Rembrandt History Painting
Ingres Perseus and Andromeda painting

trader pauses on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange on November 13, 2000. Stocks extended their losses in early trading as disappointing earnings from Hewlett-Packard Co. and uncertainty over the outcome of the presidential race sent the Dow Jones industrial average tumbling.
Tech heavyweight Hewlett-Packard stunned Wall Street by reporting a big earnings shortfall before the market opened today and said it ended talks to buy the consulting business of PricewaterhouseCoopers.The stock of the computer and printer maker fell more than 12 percent, weighing down markets in general following last week's rout, which was spurred by a revenue warning from personal computer maker Dell Computer.HP shares slumped $5 to $34-1/8, a low unseen since April 1999, helping to pull down the Dow Jones industrial average, which was off about 167 points in afternoon trading.

Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa Smile painting

Leonardo da Vinci Mona Lisa Smile painting
Rembrandt The Return of the Prodigal Son painting
Hackers are motivated as much by a lack of opportunity in economically struggling Russia as by criminal leanings, people inside and outside the hacker community say.Sergei Pokrovsky, editor of the magazine Khaker, said that hackers in his circle have skills that could bring them rich salaries in the West, but they expect to earn only about $300 a month working for Russian companies.Russian higher education traditionally has been strong in mathematics, a skill at the core of hacking, but the Russian market offers few employment opportunities to such knowledgeable people, said Mikko Hypponen, manager of anti-virus research at the Finnish company F-Secure."They have too much time on their hands," said Hypponen, whose company highly values the Russian computer experts it employs.

Guan zeju Reflecting painting

Guan zeju Reflecting painting
childe hassam Poppies Isles of Shoals painting
We're talking bounces if anything, not a rally," said Richard Dickson, a technical analyst with Scott & Stringfellow. "It's going to take a long time, in my opinion, to repair the psychological damage that is being done and has been done to tech stocks." That's not to say the stock averages won't move higher during the four remaining trading days in 2000, when low volume of trading around the holidays can exaggerate gains or losses.It just means that short of a miracle, 2000 is slated to be the worst-ever year for the 29-year-old Nasdaq composite index. The technology-focused gauge is down more than 50 percent from its high for the year.The Dow Jones industrials, down 13 percent from its year-high, and S&P 500, off more than 18 percent, are also suffering.

Camille Pissarro paintings

Camille Pissarro paintings
Carl Fredrik Aagard paintings
Direct seller MacConnection said the G4 Cube, which has failed to meet demand hopes, had dropped to $1,499 from $1,799 for the 450 MHz version, the top Powerbook notebook computer had been cut by $800 to $2,199, compared to a previous $200 rebate, and a G4 500 MHz server had dropped to $3,099 from $4,199. Prices of low end iMacs were not cut, said Tom Ostrander, MacConnection's senior Apple product marketing manager. Prices on Apple's Web site matched those named by Ostrander, who added that they were announced on Jan. 1. Apple was not immediately available for further comment. The icon of the personal computer industry cut sales and profit forecasts in December and promised to clean out the sales channel, which had swollen to hold some 11 weeks of inventory.

Oriental paintings

Oriental paintings
Piano painting
When asked whether the late Alan B. Shepard would have qualified for associate membership, Hunter gives an optimistic thumbs up. "Out of all the scientific tests he could've done up there, he brought a golf club. That to me, is just great." So the next time you think you see a shooting star race across the heavenly bodies, look again, it may be a titlist headed out of a bunker, er crater. French superstar Zinedine Zidane one of the world's highest paid soccer players was appointed goodwill ambassador for the United Nations Development Program Monday, with the aim of cutting poverty. "I've known hard times, too," said Zidane, who had a modest, often difficult, upbringing. "I know what (poverty) is. I, too, lived in difficult places where we didn't have everything. And today I want to help.

Daniel Ridgway Knight paintings

Daniel Ridgway Knight paintings
Eric Wallis paintings
award, turned out to be an old girlfriend of his. Her name is Danielle Spencer, and, according to the Crowe-endorsed fan site Maximumcrowe.com, they dated for four years. Crowe starred with Spencer in The Crossing (coincidentally, the film's about a love triangle, and Spencer's character's name is Meg). Julia Breaks the RulesAs for the length of Julia Roberts' exuberant, defy-the-orchestra, Cuba Gooding Jr.-like speech, ET told the somewhat-abashed Best Actress winner that it clocked in at three minutes, 47 seconds. Keeping It ShortThe Academy's suggested speech length this year was 45 seconds. Not only did Dutch animator Michael Dudok de Wit make it in under that time length, but his speech lasted a mere 15 seconds. He should know about keeping it short: He won in the Best Short Film — Animated category.

Pablo Picasso Girl with Mandolin Fanny Tellie painting

Pablo Picasso Girl with Mandolin Fanny Tellie painting
Claude Monet Winter At Giverny painting
plans on the development of a new type of nuclear reactor. Based on so-called pebble bed technology currently being tested in South Africa, the new reactors will cost less to build, Exelon hopes. And because the new type of reactor is mass-produced, it could sail through the approval process more quickly."It would be built primarily at factory, and then shipped out and installed at a site, at less expense," says David Knox, a spokesman for Exelon's energy unit. "It would be quicker and cheaper in construction, and it should make it much simpler to license."According to Knox, Exelon's huge nuclear plant in Byron, Ill., cost $4.5 billion to construct. But assuming the technology pans out, the pebble-bed reactors, which could be built in modular units, would be less expensive. A plant consisting of three of the new units would generate about 15 percent as

Andrew Atroshenko Intimate Thoughts painting

Andrew Atroshenko Intimate Thoughts painting
Pablo Picasso Two Women Running on the Beach The Race painting
Firestone's bottom line could be proportionately bigger in 2001 — and beyond, since the two companies ended their 95-year-old relationship this week."Firestone is struggling for survival," says Keith Crain of Crain's Automotive News. "The brand is at risk right now." But the fallout from the tire fiasco is hurting Ford as well. Explorer sales are down 15 percent from the record pace set in 2000, and Nasser announced today that the tire replacements will cost the company $2 billion.And while Ford has thrived in recent years, the tire problems strike the company in one of its most successful areas, SUVs. Nearly 200 lawsuits have been filed against Ford and Firestone, claiming tire troubles were a cause of crashes. Tire failures, mostly involving Firestone tires on Ford Explorers, have been linked to 174 deaths and hundreds of injuries.

William Merritt Chase After the Rain painting

William Merritt Chase After the Rain painting
John William Waterhouse Waterhouse Narcissus painting
It's a mixture of computer hardware and software that can create three-dimensional images from a photo in a book. A special pair of goggles connected to a PC turn the flat image into a 3-D object that appears to jut out of the book's pages like those pop-up books favored by preschoolers. What makes this technology unique is a tiny camera mounted on the goggles that interacts with the image. As readers move their heads or tilt the book, they can see different aspects of the object as if moving through a virtual world. “A little boy or girl reading Alice in Wonderland can go down the hole with Alice,” said Petranek.The technology, developed at the University of Washington, can also be used for medical studies. By using this system with a patient’s MRI scans, said Petranek, a doctor can prepare for tricky operations before the first cut is made. “You could go inside somebody’s body and see where you were going to go do a coronary bypass.” Wacking Land Mines

Andrea del Sarto paintings

Andrea del Sarto paintings
Alexandre Cabanel paintings
Project Neptune will allow scientists to study the dynamic processes that drive plate tectonics, and the rest of us have been invited along for the ride. The data, including images, will be available to anyone via the Internet once the project is operational in four or five years.Delaney says he wants it to be like a public "oceanarium." "Oceans are the most fascinating feature of our solar system," he says. "We want everyone with a home computer to be able to access what we're studying and eventually involve schoolchildren in our robotic operations, allowing them to experience firsthand the mysteries of the deep."Texans Discovering What Drilling Is DoingMeanwhile, deep in the heart of Texas, scientists want to know more than just what the ocean is like. They want to know what we're doing to it.

Berthe Morisot paintings

Berthe Morisot paintings
childe hassam paintings
But Applied Digital Solutions, Inc. in Palm Beach, Fla., is one of the latest to try and push the experiments beyond the realm of academic research and into the hands — and bodies — of ordinary humans.The company says it has recently applied to the Food and Drug Administration for permission to begin testing its VeriChip device in humans. About the size of a grain of rice, the microchip can be encoded with bits of information and implanted in humans under a layer of skin. When scanned by a nearby handheld reader, the embedded chip yields the data — say an ID number that links to a computer database file containing more detailed information.Building a Built-in Digital GuardianKeith Bolton, chief technology officer for ADS, says that VeriChip is only the beginning.According to Bolton, the company has already started experimenting with combining the Verichip with another ADS product called Digital Angel. That

Boat painting

Boat painting
building painting

A small plane crashed into the 25th floor of a skyscraper in downtown Milan today. At least three people, including the pilot, were dead, Italy's ANSA wire service said.
Dozens of people in the Pirelli building were injured after several floors of the 32-story building caught fire, local reports said. At least 15 were taken to the hospital.Only the pilot was on board the plane, reported The Associated Press. The weather was clear at the time of the crash.The crash happened during rush hour, as office workers were ending their day, so few people were in the building when it happened.The building has since been cleared, and the fire is now under control. It damaged the 23rd through the 29th floors, which were being restored and weren't occupied at the time, local reports said.

Children painting

Children painting
Christ painting

Shannon Johnson scored 20 points in a 94-55 victory over Spain on Monday, leading the defending champion United States into the semifinals of the Women's World Basketball Championship.
By MARTIN FACKLER, Associated Press Writer NANJING, China (AP) - Shannon Johnson scored 20 points in a 94-55 victory over Spain on Monday, leading the defending champion United States into the semifinals of the Women's World Basketball Championship. Lisa Leslie added 19 points and six rebounds, and Sheryl Swoopes scored 17 points for the U.S. team, which will face Australia in the semifinals Tuesday.

Eugene de Blaas In the Water painting

Eugene de Blaas In the Water painting
Pablo Picasso The Old Guitarist painting

A young monkey at an Israeli zoo has started walking on its hind legs only after a near death experience, the zoo's veterinarian said.Natasha is a 5-year-old black short-tailed monkey at the Safari Park...
A young monkey at an Israeli zoo has started walking on its hind legs only after a near death experience, the zoo's veterinarian said.Natasha is a 5-year-old black short-tailed monkey at the Safari Park. She began walking exclusively on her hind legs after a stomach ailment nearly killed her, zookeepers said. Two weeks ago, Natasha and three other monkeys were diagnosed with severe stomach flu. At the zoo clinic, she slipped into critical condition, said Horowitz, the veterinarian. "I was sure that she was going to die," he said. "She could hardly breathe and her heart was not functioning properly."

Louis Aston Knight Sunny Afternoon on the Canal painting

Louis Aston Knight Sunny Afternoon on the Canal painting
Louis Aston Knight A Sunny Morning at Beaumont-Le Roger painting
In 2001, Swiss Post produced a scratch-and-sniff stamp which looked uncannily like a square of chocolate on an open foil wrapper. A chocolate scent was sealed in tiny capsules in the stamp. A year earlier, it released a stamp edged with lace to celebrate northwest Switzerland's traditional lace-making industry. The wooden stamps go on sale at post office counters across the country on Sept. 7, but collectors already can buy them on the postal service's Web site, Swiss Post said.
For more and more students in United States, home schooling becomes the major choice to receive education. In fact, there are a sizable number of home school graduates who proved to be ...
For more and more students in United States, home schooling becomes the major choice to receive education. In fact, there are a sizable number of home school graduates who proved to be good, high-quality citizens.

Dante Gabriel Rossetti paintings

Dante Gabriel Rossetti paintings
Daniel Ridgway Knight paintings

The US Library of Congress and the French National Library have joined forces to launch a bilingual website exploring the history of the French presence in North America from the 16th to early 19th centuries.
The US Library of Congress and the French National Library have joined forces to launch a bilingual website exploring the history of the French presence in North America from the 16th to early 19th centuries. The site, which includes more than 100,000 images from the rare book collections of the two libraries, was launched at a ceremony in Paris on Tuesday.The site looks at the role played by France in such events as the French and Indian war, the American Revolution and the Louisiana Purchase.It also documents the travels of French explorers and the role of French fur traders and missionaries in opening up the Midwest.

Bartolome Esteban Murillo paintings

Bartolome Esteban Murillo paintings
Berthe Morisot paintings

Before you give up on losing the belly fat that's still lingering months after the birth of your baby—wait. You may need abdominal moves that better target the real cause of your pooching tummy, says Julie Tupler, R.N., a childbirth educator and certified fitness trainer. Her new book, Lose Your Mummy Tummy, details her belly-flattening program.
During pregnancy, your expanding uterus pushes apart the vertical abdominal muscles and weakens the thin band of tissue that connects them. After delivery, the separation may not completely close, allowing the internal organs to bulge. Over time, this can lead to poor posture and lower-back pain. Traditional ab exercises may not help if they don't target the deeper, horizontal layer of muscle, which is what helps pull the vertical muscles together, says Tupler.To reunite the separated halves, Tupler recommends that new moms who have their doctor's okay start these daily exercises within 24 hours of giving birth. You'll see less pooch in as little as six weeks.Elevators

contemporary abstract painting

contemporary abstract painting

There's no convincing evidence I'm aware of, from any reputable behaviorist or psychologist, that suggests dogs can replicate human thought processes: use language, think in narrative and sequential terms, understand human minds, or share humans' range of emotions.
Yet that remains a powerful, pervasive view of dogs, the reason Heather's vet, trainer, and mother all agreed on Blue's motivations. It's almost impossible not to lapse into theory-of-mind reasoning when it comes to our dogs. After all, most of us have no other way in which to grasp another creature's behavior. How can one even begin to imagine what's going on inside a dog's head?Most of the time, I don't know why my dogs do what they do. They seem aware that I have a way of doing things. They've learned that we don't walk in the street, that I don't distribute food from my plate, that there will be a

Fabian Perez Callesde San Telmo II painting

Fabian Perez Callesde San Telmo II painting
Howard Behrens Village Hideaway painting
finally pushed out of her body, as if I already knew there was nothing there for me to cheer for.
The old Shanghai, once upon a time, was a magnificent place, a bright pearl of East; a worldwide recognized the paradise for Adventurers for all walks of life. The old Shanghai was a grotesque shining mosaic and a powerful melting pot nurturing and culturing generations upon generations of good and bad men and women. If Hong Kong is regarded being hatched out from a sordid fishing village to today’s thriving and prosperous international Metropolitan City, whereas Shanghai certainly has had a great leap forward from a squalid coastal enclave to a gorgeously brilliant gem of Cosmopolis in the world.
My grandpa told me the old Shanghai was a famous “sink of iniquity”, for it had more than 600 brothels spreading across every corner of this dazzling human world with its myriad temptations. The old British Club was an eyewitness account of the decadent Shanghai. It was over there the great Taipans, once upon a time, sipped their “stengahs” with a big cigar between their fingers after sunset. It was over there the white Russian girls were twisting their curvy body on the toe-point and lustfully showing their sexy long legs on the stage. The racecourse, the numerous gambling houses, and the gaudy western-style abodes and skyscrapers with ever-lasting flashing neon-signs on the top of building made a life a sharp and striking contrast with the sweating, scrawny coolies pulling the heaviest load of carts crossing the garden bridge and the haggard-looking, flea-ridden beggars howling along the street in the blizzards. Grandpa once teased me saying that I was coming too late to enjoy the old good times they used to have, but at that time I didn’t quite understand what he really meant, as all I knew was the old Shanghai was the glorious birthplace of the Chinese Communist

Andrew Atroshenko paintings

Andrew Atroshenko paintings
Alfred Gockel paintings
raided the country,’ I said. He nodded. ‘Not alone, surely!’ He muttered something about the villages round that lake. ‘Kurtz got the tribe to follow him, did he?’ I suggested. He fidgeted a little. ‘They adored him,’ he said. The tone of these words was so extraordinary that I looked at him searchingly. It was curious to see his mingled eagerness and reluctance to speak of Kurtz. The man filled his life, occupied his thoughts, swayed his emotions. ‘What can you expect?’ he burst out; ‘he came to them with thunder and lightning, you know - and they had never seen anything like it - and very terrible. He could be very terrible. You can’t judge Mr. Kurtz as you would an ordinary man. No, no, no! Now - just to give you an idea - I don’t mind telling you, he wanted to shoot me, too, one day - but I don’t judge him.’ ‘Shoot you!’ I cried ‘What for?’ ‘Well, I had a small lot of ivory the chief of that village near my house gave me. You see I used to shoot game for them. Well, he wanted it, and wouldn’t hear reason. He declared he would shoot me unless I gave him the ivory and then cleared out of the country, because he could do so, and had a fancy for it, and there was nothing on earth to prevent him killing whom he jolly well pleased. And it was true, too. I gave him the ivory. What did I care! But I didn’t clear out. No, no. I

John William Waterhouse Ophelia painting

John William Waterhouse Ophelia painting
childe hassam At the Piano painting
the surgeon's point of view. The operation has been performed and followed by normal results. But it is too soon to know whether Dick's faculties will be eventually restored, wholly or in part. His memory would not be likely to return to him all at once. The process will be gradual, if it occurs at all. Is that all she says?"
"Yes--there's her letter. It's very short. Poor girl, she must be under a terrible strain. Gilbert Blythe, there are heaps of things I long to say to you, only it would be mean."
"Miss Cornelia says them for you," said Gilbert with a rueful smile. "She combs me down every time I encounter her. She makes it plain to me that she regards me as little better than a murderer, and that she thinks it a great pity that Dr. Dave ever let me step into his shoes. She even told me that the Methodist doctor over the harbor was to be preferred before me. With Miss Cornelia the force of condemnation can no further go."
"If Cornelia Bryant was sick, it would not be Doctor Dave or the Methodist doctor

Fabian Perez Callesde San Telmo II painting

Fabian Perez Callesde San Telmo II painting
Howard Behrens Village Hideaway painting
I've been reading obituary notices," said Miss Cornelia, laying down the Daily Enterprise and taking up her sewing.
The harbor was lying black and sullen under a dour November sky; the wet, dead leaves clung drenched and sodden to the window sills; but the little house was gay with firelight and spring-like with Anne's ferns and geraniums.
"It's always summer here, Anne," Leslie had said one day; and all who were the guests of that house of dreams felt the same.
"The Enterprise seems to run to obituaries these days," quoth Miss Cornelia. "It always has a couple of columns of them, and I read every line. It's one of my forms of recreation, especially when there's some original poetry attached to them. Here's a choice sample for you: She's gone to be with her Maker,
Never more to roam.
She used to play and sing with joy
The song of Home, Sweet Home.
Who says we haven't any poetical talent on the Island! Have you ever noticed what heaps of good

William Merritt Chase Chase Summertime painting

William Merritt Chase Chase Summertime painting
Albert Bierstadt Bavarian Landscape painting
you were. Speaking of heresy, reminds me, doctor--I've brought back that book you lent me--that Natural Law in the Spiritual World--I didn't read more'n a third of it. I can read sense, and I can read nonsense, but that book is neither the one nor the other."
"It is considered rather heretical in some quarters," admitted Gilbert, "but I told you that before you took it, Miss Cornelia."
"Oh, I wouldn't have minded its being heretical. I can stand wickedness, but I can't stand foolishness," said Miss Cornelia calmly, and with the air of having said the last thing there was to say about Natural Law.
"Speaking of books, A Mad Love come to an end at last two weeks ago," remarked Captain Jim musingly. "It run to one hundred and three chapters. When they

George Frederick Watts paintings

George Frederick Watts paintings
Guercino paintings
trustees. But it belonged until lately to a very old lady, Miss Elizabeth Russell. She died last spring, and as she had no near relatives she left her property to the Glen St. Mary Church. Her furniture is still in the house, and I bought most of it--for a mere song you might say, because it was all so old- fashioned that the trustees despaired of selling it. Glen St. Mary folks prefer plush brocade and sideboards with mirrors and ornamentations, I fancy. But Miss Russell's furniture is very good and I feel sure you'll like it, Anne."
"So far, good," said Anne, nodding cautious approval. "But, Gilbert, people cannot live by furniture alone. You haven't yet mentioned one very important thing. Are there trees about this house?"
"Heaps of them, oh, dryad! There is a big grove of fir trees behind it, two rows of Lombardy poplars down the lane, and a ring of white birches around a very delightful garden. Our front door opens right into the garden, but there is another entrance--a little gate hung between two firs.

William Bouguereau paintings

William Bouguereau paintings
Yvonne Jeanette Karlsen paintings
almost frightened her.
"I asked you a question over two years ago, Anne. If I ask it again today will you give me a different answer?"
Still Anne could not speak. But she lifted her eyes, shining with all the love-rapture of countless generations, and looked into his for a moment. He wanted no other answer.
They lingered in the old garden until twilight, sweet as dusk in Eden must have been, crept over it. There was so much to talk over and recall -- things said and done and heard and thought and felt and misunderstood.
"I thought you loved Christine Stuart," Anne told him, as reproachfully as if she had not given him every reason to suppose that she loved Roy Gardner.
Gilbert laughed boyishly.

Pierre Auguste Renoir Two Sisters (On the Terrace) painting

Pierre Auguste Renoir Two Sisters (On the Terrace) painting
childe hassam The Sonata painting
little bit like a stranger in Avonlea now? It makes me sorry -- but it's true. It's quite appalling to see the number of children who have shot up into big boys and girls -- really young men and women -- these past two years. Half of my pupils are grown up. It makes me feel awfully old to see them in the places you and I and our mates used to fill."
Anne laughed and sighed. She felt very old and mature and wise -- which showed how young she was. She told herself that she longed greatly to go back to those dear merry days when life was seen through a rosy mist of hope and illusion, and possessed an indefinable something that had passed away forever. Where was it now -- the glory and the dream?
"`So wags the world away,' " quoted Gilbert practically, and a trifle absently. Anne wondered if he were thinking of Christine. Oh, Avonlea was going to be so lonely now -- with Diana gone!
Next chapter: Chapter XXX -- Mrs. Skinner's Romance

Amedeo Modigliani the Seated Nude painting

Amedeo Modigliani the Seated Nude painting
Gustav Klimt lady with fan painting
handsome. Nine nights out of ten I can easily outshine you. The tenth you blossom out suddenly into something that eclipses me altogether. How do you manage it?"
"It's the dress, dear. Fine feathers."
"`Tisn't. The last evening you flamed out into beauty you wore your old blue flannel shirtwaist that Mrs. Lynde made you. If Roy hadn't already lost head and heart about you he certainly would tonight. But I don't like orchids on you, Anne. No; it isn't jealousy. Orchids don't seem to BELONG to you. They're too exotic -- too tropical -- too insolent. Don't put them in your hair, anyway."
"Well, I won't. I admit I'm not fond of orchids myself. I don't think they're related to me. Roy doesn't often send them -- he knows I like flowers I can live with. Orchids are only things you can visit with."
"Jonas sent me some dear pink rosebuds for the evening -- but -- he isn't coming himself. He said he had to lead a prayer-meeting in the slums! I don't believe he wanted to come. Anne, I'm horribly afraid Jonas doesn't really care anything about me. And I'm trying to decide whether I'll pine away and die, or go on and get my B.A. and be sensible and useful."

Howard Behrens Village Hideaway painting

Howard Behrens Village Hideaway painting
Paul McCormack Cavalier painting
and that the wound would be long in healing. Now she saw that she need not have worried. Men have died and the worms have eaten them but not for love. Gilbert evidently was in no danger of immediate dissolution. He was enjoying life, and he was full of ambition and zest. For him there was to be no wasting in despair because a woman was fair and cold. Anne, as she listened to the ceaseless badinage that went on between him and Phil, wondered if she had only imagined that look in his eyes when she had told him she could never care for him.
There were not lacking those who would gladly have stepped into Gilbert's vacant place. But Anne snubbed them without fear and without reproach. If the real Prince Charming was never to come she would have none of a substitute. So she sternly told herself that gray day in the windy park.
Suddenly the rain of Aunt Jamesina's prophecy came with a swish and rush. Anne put up her umbrella and hurried down the slope. As she turned out on the harbor road a savage gust of wind tore along it. Instantly her umbrella turned wrong side out. Anne clutched at it in despair. And then -- there came a voice close to her.
"Pardon me -- may I offer you the shelter of my umbrella?"

Douglas Hofmann tapestry painting

Douglas Hofmann tapestry painting
Steve Hanks Interior View painting
two twins, one a perfect model, the other what Mrs. Lynde calls a `holy terror.' There will be a little room upstairs over the porch, where old dreams hang thick, and a big, fat, glorious feather bed which will almost seem the height of luxury after a boardinghouse mattress. How do you like my picture, Phil?"
"It seems a very dull one," said Phil, with a grimace.
"Oh, but I've left out the transforming thing," said Anne softly. "There'll be love there, Phil -- faithful, tender love, such as I'll never find anywhere else in the world -- love that's waiting for me. That makes my picture a masterpiece, doesn't it, even if the colors are not very brilliant?"
Phil silently got up, tossed her box of chocolates

Avtandil The Grand Opera painting

Avtandil The Grand Opera painting
Eugene de Blaas In the Water painting
thing, and I am VERY extravagant. Oh, no, my husband must have heaps of money. So that narrowed them down to two. But I couldn't decide between two any easier than between two hundred. I knew perfectly well that whichever one I chose I'd regret all my life that I hadn't married the other."
"Didn't you -- love -- either of them?" asked Anne, a little hesitatingly. It was not easy for her to speak to a stranger of the great mystery and transformation of life.
"Goodness, no. _I_ couldn't love anybody. It isn't in me. Besides I wouldn't want to. Being in love makes you a perfect slave, _I_ think. And it would give a man such power to hurt you. I'd be afraid. No, no, Alec and Alonzo are two dear boys, and I like them both so much that I really don't know which I like the better. That is the trouble. Alec is the best looking, of course, and I simply couldn't marry a man who wasn't handsome. He is good-tempered

Louise Abbema paintings

Louise Abbema paintings
Leonardo da Vinci paintings
. . .well, not ezackly new, but they've stopped being married for quite a spell, Milty says. I always s'posed people had to keep on being married once they'd begun, but Milty says no, there's ways of stopping if you can't agree. Milty says one way is just to start off and leave your wife, and followed her into the pantry and shut the door cautiously.
"You can give him some jam on his bread, I know what tea at Levi Boulter's is apt to be."
Davy took his slice of bread and jam with a sigh.
"It's a kind of disappointing world after all," he remarked. "Milty has a cat that takes fits. . .she's took a fit regular every day for three weeks. Milty says it's awful fun to watch her. I went down today on purpose to see 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

Hessam Abrishami paintings

Hessam Abrishami paintings
Howard Behrens paintings
No, oh no," cried Anne, flushing so guiltily that the stranger looked curiously at her, as if she half suspected her of matrimonial designs on Mr. Harrison.
"But I saw it in an Island paper," persisted the Fair Unknown. "A friend sent a marked copy to me. . .friends are always so ready to do such things. James A.'s name was written in over `new citizen.'"
"Oh, that note was only meant as a joke," gasped Anne. "Mr. Harrison has no intention of marrying anybody. I assure you he hasn't."
"I'm very glad to hear it," said the rosy lady, climbing nimbly back to her seat in the wagon, "because he happens to be married already. I am his wife. Oh, you may well look surprised. I suppose he has been masquerading as a bachelor and breaking hearts right and left. Well, well, James A.," nodding vigorously over the fields at the long white house, "

William Bouguereau paintings

William Bouguereau paintings
Yvonne Jeanette Karlsen paintings
real "kindred spirit," while into the little lady's lonely, sequestered life of dreams Anne and Diana came with the wholesome joy and exhilaration of the outer existence, which Miss Lavendar, "the world forgetting, by the world forgot," had long ceased to share; they brought an atmosphere of youth and reality to the little stone house. Charlotta the Fourth always greeted them with her very widest smile. . .and Charlotta's smiles were fearfully wide. . .loving them for the sake of her adored mistress as well as for their own. Never had there been such "high jinks" held in the little stone house as were held there that beautiful, late-lingering autumn, when November seemed October over again, and even December aped the sunshine and hazes of summer.
But on this particular day it seemed as if December had remembered that it was time for winter and had turned suddenly dull and brooding, with a windless hush predictive of coming snow. Nevertheless, Anne keenly enjoyed her walk through the great gray maze of the beechlands

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painting idea
doubted the extent of Providential knowledge on the subject.
"Marilla was in about her eyes again Tuesday, wasn't she? What did the specialist think of them?" she continued.
"He was much pleased," said Anne brightly. "He says there is a great improvement in them and he thinks the danger of her losing her sight completely is past. But he says she'll never be able to read much or do any fine hand-work again. How are your preparations for your bazaar coming on?"
The Ladies' Aid Society was preparing for a fair and supper, and Mrs. Lynde was the head and front of the enterprise.
"Pretty well. . .and that reminds me. Mrs. Allan thinks it would be nice to fix up a booth like an old-time kitchen and serve a supper of baked beans, doughnuts, pie, and so on. We're collecting old-fashioned fixings everywhere. Mrs. Simon Fletcher is going to lend us her mother's braided

Claude Monet Regatta At Argenteuil painting

Claude Monet Regatta At Argenteuil painting
Horace Vernet The Lion Hunt painting
reluctant, cobwebby Davy, whom she had just found hidden away in the darkest corner of the stable.
She jerked him to the mat on the middle of the floor and then went and sat down by the east window. Anne was sitting limply by the west window. Between them stood the culprit. His back was toward Marilla and it was a meek, subdued, frightened back; but his face was toward Anne and although it was a little shamefaced there was a gleam of comradeship in Davy's eyes, as if he knew he had done wrong and was going to be punished for it, but could count on a laugh over it all with Anne later on.
But no half hidden smile answered him in Anne's gray eyes, as there might have done had it been only a question of mischief. There was something else. . .something ugly and repulsive.
"How could you behave so, Davy?" she asked sorrowfully.
Davy squirmed uncomfortably.
"I just did it for fun. Things have been so awful quiet here for so long that I thought it

Fabian Perez tergopelo II painting

Fabian Perez tergopelo II painting
flower The Fruit Basket painting
Mrs. Lynde may be an acquired taste with some folks; but I didn't keep on eating bananas because I was told I'd learn to like them if I did," growled Mr. Harrison." And as for understanding her, I understand that she is a confirmed busybody and I told her so."
"Oh, that must have hurt her feelings very much," said Anne reproachfully. "How could you say such a thing? I said some dreadful things to Mrs. Lynde long ago but it was when I had lost my temper. I couldn't say them deliberately."
"It was the truth and I believe in telling the truth to everybody."
"But you don't tell the whole truth," objected Anne. "You only tell the disagreeable part of the truth. Now, you've told me a dozen times that my hair was red, but you've never once told me that I had a nice nose."
"I daresay you know it without any telling," chuckled Mr. Harrison.

Frederick Carl Frieseke paintings

Frederick Carl Frieseke paintings
Flamenco Dancer paintings
once. We'll have to educate public sentiment first, of course."
Diana wasn't exactly sure what educating public sentiment meant; but it sounded fine and she felt rather proud that she was going to belong to a society with such an aim in view.
"I thought of something last night that we could do, Anne. You know that three-cornered piece of ground where the roads from Carmody and Newbridge and White Sands meet? It's all grown over with young spruce; but wouldn't it be nice to have them all cleared out, and just leave the two or three birch trees that are on it?"
"Splendid," agreed Anne gaily. "And have a rustic seat put under the birches. And when spring comes we'll have a flower-bed made in the middle of it and plant geraniums."