I 'll have to marry sometime , I suppose , but I shall put off the evil day as long as I can . '' `` You must n't marry anybody you do n't love , Phil , when all 's said and done , '' said Aunt Jamesina . '' ` Oh , hearts that loved in the good old way Have been out o ' the fashion this many a day . ' '' trilled Phil mockingly . `` There 's the carriage . I fly -- Bi-bi , you two old-fashioned darlings . '' When Phil had gone Aunt Jamesina looked solemnly at Anne . `` That girl is pretty and sweet and goodhearted , but do you think she is quite right in her mind , by spells , Anne ? '' `` Oh , I do n't think there 's anything the matter with Phil 's mind , '' said Anne , hiding a smile . `` It 's just her way of talking . '' Aunt Jamesina shook her head . `` Well , I hope so , Anne . I do hope so , because I love her . But I ca n't understand her -- she beats me . She is n't like any of the girls I ever knew , or any of the girls I was myself . '' `` How many girls were you , Aunt Jimsie ? '' `` About half a dozen , my dear . '' Chapter XX Gilbert Speaks `` This has been a dull , prosy day , '' yawned Phil , stretching herself idly on the sofa , having previously dispossessed two exceedingly indignant cats . Anne looked up from Pickwick Papers . Now that spring examinations were over she was treating herself to Dickens .
`` It has been a prosy XXXXX for us , '' she said thoughtfully , `` but to some people it has been a wonderful day .
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