It is very FASHIONABLE to dare . Mr. Phillips gave all the Mayflowers he found to Prissy Andrews and I heard him to say ` sweets to the sweet . ' He got that out of a book , I know ; but it shows he has some imagination . I was offered some Mayflowers too , but I rejected them with scorn . I ca n't tell you the person 's name because I have vowed never to let it cross my lips . We made wreaths of the Mayflowers and put them on our hats ; and when the time came to go home we marched in procession down the road , two by two , with our bouquets and wreaths , singing ` My Home on the Hill . ' Oh , it was so thrilling , Marilla . All Mr. Silas Sloane 's folks rushed out to see us and everybody we met on the road stopped and stared after us . We made a real sensation . '' `` Not much wonder ! Such silly doings ! '' was Marilla 's response . After the Mayflowers came the violets , and Violet Vale was empurpled with them . Anne walked through it on her way to school with reverent steps and worshiping eyes , as if she trod on holy ground . `` Somehow , '' she told Diana , `` when I 'm going through here I do n't really care whether Gil -- whether anybody gets ahead of me in class or not . But when I 'm up in school it 's all different and I care as much as ever . There 's such a lot of different Annes in me . I sometimes think that is why I 'm such a troublesome person . If I was just the one Anne it would be ever so much more comfortable , but then it would n't be half so interesting . '' One June evening , when the orchards were pink blossomed again , when the frogs were singing silverly sweet in the marshes about the head of the Lake of Shining Waters , and the air was full of the savor of clover fields and balsamic fir woods , Anne was sitting by her gable window .
She had been studying her lessons , but it had grown too dark to see the book , so she had fallen into wide-eyed reverie , looking out past the boughs XXXXX the Snow Queen , once more bestarred with its tufts of blossom .
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