But Roy Gardner was foreordained for you . I can see that now . You were right , after all . '' Anne did not blush , as she usually did when the girls assumed that her eventual marriage to Roy Gardner was a settled thing . All at once she felt rather dull . Phil 's chatter seemed trivial and the reception a bore . She boxed poor Rusty 's ears . `` Get off that cushion instantly , you cat , you ! Why do n't you stay down where you belong ? '' Anne picked up her orchids and went downstairs , where Aunt Jamesina was presiding over a row of coats hung before the fire to warm . Roy Gardner was waiting for Anne and teasing the Sarah-cat while he waited . The Sarah-cat did not approve of him . She always turned her back on him . But everybody else at Patty 's Place liked him very much . Aunt Jamesina , carried away by his unfailing and deferential courtesy , and the pleading tones of his delightful voice , declared he was the nicest young man she ever knew , and that Anne was a very fortunate girl . Such remarks made Anne restive . Roy 's wooing had certainly been as romantic as girlish heart could desire , but -- she wished Aunt Jamesina and the girls would not take things so for granted . When Roy murmured a poetical compliment as he helped her on with her coat , she did not blush and thrill as usual ; and he found her rather silent in their brief walk to Redmond . He thought she looked a little pale when she came out of the coeds ' dressing room ; but as they entered the reception room her color and sparkle suddenly returned to her . She turned to Roy with her gayest expression .
He smiled back at her with what XXXXX called `` his deep , black , velvety smile . ''
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