He 'd always be very good to you , I 'm sure , and you know , Anne , I 'd love to have you for a sister . '' `` I ca n't marry Billy , '' said Anne decidedly . She had recovered her wits , and was even feeling a little angry . It was all so ridiculous . `` There is no use thinking of it , Jane . I do n't care anything for him in that way , and you must tell him so . '' `` Well , I did n't suppose you would , '' said Jane with a resigned sigh , feeling that she had done her best . `` I told Billy I did n't believe it was a bit of use to ask you , but he insisted . Well , you 've made your decision , Anne , and I hope you wo n't regret it . '' Jane spoke rather coldly . She had been perfectly sure that the enamored Billy had no chance at all of inducing Anne to marry him . Nevertheless , she felt a little resentment that Anne Shirley , who was , after all , merely an adopted orphan , without kith or kin , should refuse her brother -- one of the Avonlea Andrews . Well , pride sometimes goes before a fall , Jane reflected ominously . Anne permitted herself to smile in the darkness over the idea that she might ever regret not marrying Billy Andrews . `` I hope Billy wo n't feel very badly over it , '' she said nicely . Jane made a movement as if she were tossing her head on her pillow . `` Oh , he wo n't break his heart . Billy has too much good sense for that . He likes Nettie Blewett pretty well , too , and mother would rather he married her than any one . She 's such a good manager and saver .
I think , when XXXXX is once sure you wo n't have him , he 'll take Nettie .
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