How did you get on in Greek today ? '' `` I do n't know . Perhaps it was a good paper and perhaps it was bad enough to make Homer turn over in his grave . I 've studied and mulled over notebooks until I 'm incapable of forming an opinion of anything . How thankful little Phil will be when all this examinating is over . '' `` Examinating ? I never heard such a word . '' `` Well , have n't I as good a right to make a word as any one else ? '' demanded Phil . `` Words are n't made -- they grow , '' said Anne . `` Never mind -- I begin faintly to discern clear water ahead where no examination breakers loom . Girls , do you -- can you realize that our Redmond Life is almost over ? '' `` I ca n't , '' said Anne , sorrowfully . `` It seems just yesterday that Pris and I were alone in that crowd of Freshmen at Redmond . And now we are Seniors in our final examinations . '' '' ` Potent , wise , and reverend Seniors , ' '' quoted Phil . `` Do you suppose we really are any wiser than when we came to Redmond ? '' `` You do n't act as if you were by times , '' said Aunt Jamesina severely . `` Oh , Aunt Jimsie , have n't we been pretty good girls , take us by and large , these three winters you 've mothered us ? '' pleaded Phil .
`` You 've been four of the dearest , sweetest , goodest girls that ever went together through college , '' averred Aunt Jamesina , who never spoiled a compliment XXXXX misplaced economy .
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