I saw you at Redmond this morning . Say , was n't it AWFUL there ? For the time I wished I had stayed home and got married . '' Anne and Priscilla both broke into unconstrained laughter at this unexpected conclusion . The brown-eyed girl laughed , too . `` I really did . I COULD have , you know . Come , let 's all sit down on this gravestone and get acquainted . It wo n't be hard . I know we 're going to adore each other -- I knew it as soon as I saw you at Redmond this morning . I wanted so much to go right over and hug you both . '' `` Why did n't you ? '' asked Priscilla . `` Because I simply could n't make up my mind to do it . I never can make up my mind about anything myself -- I 'm always afflicted with indecision . Just as soon as I decide to do something I feel in my bones that another course would be the correct one . It 's a dreadful misfortune , but I was born that way , and there is no use in blaming me for it , as some people do . So I could n't make up my mind to go and speak to you , much as I wanted to . '' `` We thought you were too shy , '' said Anne . `` No , no , dear .
Shyness is n't among the many failings -- or virtues -- of Philippa Gordon -- Phil XXXXX short .
Because So as at for in into on that with