It looks real nice now , do n't you think ? '' Anne was saved by the clock striking five . `` Lord , is it that late ? '' exclaimed Miss Cornelia . `` How time does slip by when you 're enjoying yourself ! Well , I must betake myself home . '' `` No , indeed ! You are going to stay and have tea with us , '' said Anne eagerly . `` Are you asking me because you think you ought to , or because you really want to ? '' demanded Miss Cornelia . `` Because I really want to . '' `` Then I 'll stay . YOU belong to the race that knows Joseph . '' `` I know we are going to be friends , '' said Anne , with the smile that only they of the household of faith ever saw . `` Yes , we are , dearie . Thank goodness , we can choose our friends . We have to take our relatives as they are , and be thankful if there are no penitentiary birds among them . Not that I 've many -- none nearer than second cousins . I 'm a kind of lonely soul , Mrs. Blythe . '' There was a wistful note in Miss Cornelia 's voice .
`` I wish you would call me Anne , '' exclaimed XXXXX impulsively .
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