I 'm sure it must amuse them . But , of course , the one I like best I ca n't get . Gilbert Blythe wo n't take any notice of me , except to look at me as if I were a nice little kitten he 'd like to pat . Too well I know the reason . I owe you a grudge , Queen Anne . I really ought to hate you and instead I love you madly , and I 'm miserable if I do n't see you every day . You 're different from any girl I ever knew before . When you look at me in a certain way I feel what an insignificant , frivolous little beast I am , and I long to be better and wiser and stronger . And then I make good resolutions ; but the first nice-looking mannie who comes my way knocks them all out of my head . Is n't college life magnificent ? It 's so funny to think I hated it that first day . But if I had n't I might never got really acquainted with you . Anne , please tell me over again that you like me a little bit . I yearn to hear it . '' `` I like you a big bit -- and I think you 're a dear , sweet , adorable , velvety , clawless , little -- kitten , '' laughed Anne , `` but I do n't see when you ever get time to learn your lessons . '' Phil must have found time for she held her own in every class of her year . Even the grumpy old professor of Mathematics , who detested coeds , and had bitterly opposed their admission to Redmond , could n't floor her . She led the freshettes everywhere , except in English , where Anne Shirley left her far behind . Anne herself found the studies of her Freshman year very easy , thanks in great part to the steady work she and Gilbert had put in during those two past years in Avonlea . This left her more time for a social life which she thoroughly enjoyed .
But never for a moment did she forget XXXXX and the friends there .
Anne Avonlea Blythe Gilbert Mathematics Phil Redmond first freshettes year