`` Queen Anne , you 're as queenly as ever . I 've got fearfully thin since the babies came . I 'm not half so good-looking ; but I think Jo likes it . There 's not such a contrast between us , you see . And oh , it 's perfectly magnificent that you 're going to marry Gilbert . Roy Gardner would n't have done at all , at all . I can see that now , though I was horribly disappointed at the time . You know , Anne , you did treat Roy very badly . '' `` He has recovered , I understand , '' smiled Anne . `` Oh , yes . He is married and his wife is a sweet little thing and they 're perfectly happy . Everything works together for good . Jo and the Bible say that , and they are pretty good authorities . '' `` Are Alec and Alonzo married yet ? '' `` Alec is , but Alonzo is n't . How those dear old days at Patty 's Place come back when I 'm talking to you , Anne ! What fun we had ! '' `` Have you been to Patty 's Place lately ? '' `` Oh , yes , I go often . Miss Patty and Miss Maria still sit by the fireplace and knit .
And that reminds me -- we 've brought you a wedding gift from them , XXXXX .
Alec Alonzo Anne Bible Gardner Gilbert Jo Maria Patty Roy