Chapters 1, 2 and 3 Summary

In Chapter 1, Miss Cornelia Marshall Elliot had been married to Marshall Elliot for thirteen years but most people still thought of her as Miss Cornelia. Except Susan Baker who, with the most pointed emphasis, always called her Mrs. Marshall Elliott. Miss Cornelia, from Glen St. Mary, was on her way to Ingleside to see Dr. and Mrs. Blythe who had been in Europe for three months. She had much to discuss with them especially the new family in the manse.

Susan Baker and Anne Shirley Blythe were on the veranda as Cornelia made her way to Ingleside. Anne was beautiful and girlish for a woman with so many children. Rilla Blythe, a chubby little six-year-old, was asleep in the hammock. Shirley, who was called "the little brown boy" was asleep in Susan's arms. He was Anne's child but had been mothered...