When or where she found time to study was a mystery , for she seemed always in demand for some kind of `` fun , '' and her home evenings were crowded with callers . She had all the `` beaux '' that heart could desire , for nine-tenths of the Freshmen and a big fraction of all the other classes were rivals for her smiles . She was naively delighted over this , and gleefully recounted each new conquest to Anne and Priscilla , with comments that might have made the unlucky lover 's ears burn fiercely . `` Alec and Alonzo do n't seem to have any serious rival yet , '' remarked Anne , teasingly . `` Not one , '' agreed Philippa . `` I write them both every week and tell them all about my young men here . 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 XXXXX , `` but I do n't see when you ever get time to learn your lessons . ''
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