I do n't feel that it 's what it should be . It 's full of flaws . '' `` So 's everybody 's , '' said Aunt Jamesina cheerfully . `` Mine 's cracked in a hundred places . Your Miss Stacy likely meant that when you are twenty your character would have got its permanent bent in one direction or ` tother , and would go on developing in that line . Do n't worry over it , Anne . Do your duty by God and your neighbor and yourself , and have a good time . That 's my philosophy and it 's always worked pretty well . Where 's Phil off to tonight ? '' `` She 's going to a dance , and she 's got the sweetest dress for it -- creamy yellow silk and cobwebby lace . It just suits those brown tints of hers . '' `` There 's magic in the words ` silk ' and ` lace , ' is n't there ? '' said Aunt Jamesina . `` The very sound of them makes me feel like skipping off to a dance . And YELLOW silk . It makes one think of a dress of sunshine . I always wanted a yellow silk dress , but first my mother and then my husband would n't hear of it . The very first thing I 'm going to do when I get to heaven is to get a yellow silk dress . '' Amid Anne 's peal of laughter Phil came downstairs , trailing clouds of glory , and surveyed herself in the long oval mirror on the wall . `` A flattering looking glass is a promoter of amiability , '' she said .
`` The one XXXXX my room does certainly make me green .
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