`` Diana might just have smiled at me once , I think , '' she mourned to Marilla that night . But the next morning a note most fearfully and wonderfully twisted and folded , and a small parcel were passed across to Anne . Dear Anne -LRB- ran the former -RRB- Mother says I 'm not to play with you or talk to you even in school . It is n't my fault and do n't be cross at me , because I love you as much as ever . I miss you awfully to tell all my secrets to and I do n't like Gertie Pye one bit . I made you one of the new bookmarkers out of red tissue paper . They are awfully fashionable now and only three girls in school know how to make them . When you look at it remember Your true friend Diana Barry . Anne read the note , kissed the bookmark , and dispatched a prompt reply back to the other side of the school . My own darling Diana : -- Of course I am not cross at you because you have to obey your mother . Our spirits can commune . I shall keep your lovely present forever . Minnie Andrews is a very nice little girl -- although she has no imagination -- but after having been Diana 's busum friend I can not be Minnie 's . Please excuse mistakes because my spelling is n't very good yet , although much improoved . Yours until death us do part Anne or Cordelia Shirley . P.S. I shall sleep with your letter under my pillow tonight . A. OR C.S. Marilla pessimistically expected more trouble since Anne had again begun to go to school . But none developed . Perhaps Anne caught something of the `` model '' spirit from Minnie Andrews ; at least she got on very well with Mr. Phillips thenceforth . She flung herself into her studies heart and soul , determined not to be outdone in any class by Gilbert Blythe .
The rivalry between them was soon apparent ; it was entirely good natured XXXXX Gilbert 's side ; but it is much to be feared that the same thing can not be said of Anne , who had certainly an unpraiseworthy tenacity for holding grudges .
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