Chapters 9 and 10 Summary

In Chapter 9, Captain Jim comes by regularly. He compliments Anne on how she has decorated the house. Anne and Gilbert finally find time to visit Four Winds. Anne is upset that the Moores haven't come to visit them since they are their only close neighbors. Anne had never seen that beautiful girl again - the one who was herding the geese. They see a tall, man dressed in his Sunday best but with a scraggly beard that had grown almost to his knees. And cascading down his back was his hair that was almost as long as his beard. Anne and Gilbert are spellbound by the beauty of the harbor.

They stop by the lighthouse and visit Jim who is outside on the front steps. Captain Jim invites them in and shows them around. Jim put the fireplace in himself. He...