Anyway , I 'm going down to see . ''<br>`` Wait a minute and I 'll go with you , '' exclaimed Anne .<br>`` Oh , yes , I must -- Little Jem will sleep for an hour yet , and I 'll call Susan .<br>You may need a woman 's help if Captain Jim is ill . ''<br>It was an exquisite morning , full of tints and sounds at once ripe and delicate .<br>The harbor was sparkling and dimpling like a girl ; white gulls were soaring over the dunes ; beyond the bar was a shining , wonderful sea .<br>The long fields by the shore were dewy and fresh in that first fine , purely-tinted light .
The gulls were white.