nineteen seven to nineteen ten
Anne had come again . She sat out on the terrace with Adeline , while Colin 's song drifted out to them through the open window . It was her first day , the first time for three years . Anne 's calendar was blank from nineteen seven to nineteen ten . When she was seventeen she had left Cheltenham and gone to live with Grandpapa Everitt at the Essex farm . Grandpapa Everitt wanted her more than Grandmamma Severn , who had Aunt Emily ; so Anne had stayed with him all that time . She had spent it learning to farm and looking after Grandpapa on his bad days .