`` Heartless Anne ! '' `` Silly Phil ! You know quite well that Jonas loves you . '' `` But -- he wo n't TELL me so . And I ca n't MAKE him . He LOOKS it , I 'll admit . But speak-to-me-only-with-thine-eyes is n't a really reliable reason for embroidering doilies and hemstitching tablecloths . I do n't want to begin such work until I 'm really engaged . It would be tempting Fate . '' `` Mr. Blake is afraid to ask you to marry him , Phil . He is poor and ca n't offer you a home such as you 've always had . You know that is the only reason he has n't spoken long ago . '' `` I suppose so , '' agreed Phil dolefully . `` Well '' -- brightening up -- `` if he WO N'T ask me to marry him I 'll ask him , that 's all . So it 's bound to come right . I wo n't worry . By the way , Gilbert Blythe is going about constantly with Christine Stuart . Did you know ? '' Anne was trying to fasten a little gold chain about her throat . She suddenly found the clasp difficult to manage .
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