Paul would n't have minded what she said , I guess , but Gracie Andrews laughed , and Paul got awful red , 'cause Gracie 's his girl , you know . He 's CLEAN GONE on her ... brings her flowers and carries her books as far as the shore road . He got as red as a beet and said his grandmother did n't do any such thing and his hair was born curly . And then he laid down on the bank and stuck his head right into the spring to show them . Oh , it was n't the spring we drink out of ... '' seeing a horrified look on Marilla 's face ... `` it was the little one lower down . But the bank 's awful slippy and Paul went right in . I tell you he made a bully splash . Oh , Anne , Anne , I did n't mean to say that ... it just slipped out before I thought . He made a SPLENDID splash . But he looked so funny when he crawled out , all wet and muddy . The girls laughed more 'n ever , but Gracie did n't laugh . She looked sorry . Gracie 's a nice girl but she 's got a snub nose . When I get big enough to have a girl I wo n't have one with a snub nose ... I 'll pick one with a pretty nose like yours , Anne . '' `` A boy who makes such a mess of syrup all over his face when he is eating his pudding will never get a girl to look at him , '' said Marilla severely . `` But I 'll wash my face before I go courting , '' protested Davy , trying to improve matters by rubbing the back of his hand over the smears . `` And I 'll wash behind my ears too , without being told . I remembered to this morning , Marilla . I do n't forget half as often as I did . But ... '' and Davy sighed ... `` there 's so many corners about a fellow that it 's awful hard to remember them all .
Well , if I ca n't go XXXXX Miss Lavendar 's I 'll go over and see Mrs. Harrison .
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