"I was almost sent back," Anne told him earnestly. "When I arrived, I discovered that they had wanted a boy and not a girl, and I was so very crushed for I'd already fallen in love with the place. I was to be sent back the very next day! But dear Matthew had taken a liking to me, and sometimes I imagine that Marilla did too but she would always say that it was Matthew. So there I stayed, and I would still be there if I weren't here now."