`` But I shall be . And you , Phil , will be in Bolingbroke with Alec and Alonzo . '' `` I 'm longing to see them , '' admitted Phil , between the chocolate she was nibbling . `` They really are such dear boys , you know . There 's to be no end of dances and drives and general jamborees . I shall never forgive you , Queen Anne , for not coming home with me for the holidays . '' '' ` Never ' means three days with you , Phil . It was dear of you to ask me -- and I 'd love to go to Bolingbroke some day . But I ca n't go this year -- I MUST go home . You do n't know how my heart longs for it . '' `` You wo n't have much of a time , '' said Phil scornfully . `` There 'll be one or two quilting parties , I suppose ; and all the old gossips will talk you over to your face and behind your back . You 'll die of lonesomeness , child . '' `` In Avonlea ? '' said Anne , highly amused . `` Now , if you 'd come with me you 'd have a perfectly gorgeous time . Bolingbroke would go wild over you , Queen Anne -- your hair and your style and , oh , everything ! You 're so DIFFERENT . You 'd be such a success -- and I would bask in reflected glory -- ` not the rose but near the rose . ' Do come , after all , Anne . ''
`` Your picture of social triumphs is quite fascinating , Phil , but I 'll paint one XXXXX offset it .
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