And if Anne folds it – maybe a little more carefully than one tends to fold handkerchiefs, the corners pressed gently together, overlapped like a kiss – and tucks it away in her dresser, well, then, it’s purely practical. One can never have too many handkerchiefs.

Oh, Anne. Gosh, Anne and Gilbert still just get me where I live. Excellent. (and haha, Marilla so would be a genuis at stain removal)