`` That 's not my idea of a diamond , '' she had said . But Roy was a dear fellow and they would be very happy together , even if some indefinable zest was missing out of life . When Roy came down that evening and asked Anne to walk in the park every one at Patty 's Place knew what he had come to say ; and every one knew , or thought they knew , what Anne 's answer would be . `` Anne is a very fortunate girl , '' said Aunt Jamesina . `` I suppose so , '' said Stella , shrugging her shoulders . `` Roy is a nice fellow and all that . But there 's really nothing in him . '' `` That sounds very like a jealous remark , Stella Maynard , '' said Aunt Jamesina rebukingly . `` It does -- but I am not jealous , '' said Stella calmly . `` I love Anne and I like Roy . Everybody says she is making a brilliant match , and even Mrs. Gardner thinks her charming now . It all sounds as if it were made in heaven , but I have my doubts . Make the most of that , Aunt Jamesina . '' Roy asked Anne to marry him in the little pavilion on the harbor shore where they had talked on the rainy day of their first meeting . Anne thought it very romantic that he should have chosen that spot . And his proposal was as beautifully worded as if he had copied it , as one of Ruby Gillis ' lovers had done , out of a Deportment of Courtship and Marriage . The whole effect was quite flawless . And it was also sincere . There was no doubt that Roy meant what he said . There was no false note to jar the symphony .
Anne felt that she ought XXXXX be thrilling from head to foot .
Roy Stella as if in like of on that to