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Maybe we shall begin to read to-day , also . '' `` After I have knit a good stint , '' said Anne , `` for ` twill be time for stockings soon . '' It was a happy morning for the little girl . She worked steadily and carefully until Captain Enos came up from the shore for his noon meal . `` Well , well , '' he said smilingly , `` now this seems good -- to see our little maid safe at home by the window with her knitting . I saw Mistress Starkweather as I came home , and she bade me tell you she should walk this way to see you this afternoon . 'T is a great day for Amos , '' continued the captain ; `` he tells all the boys in the village of his great adventure in rounding Long Point and living two days on an island .