Anne , puzzled , opened the letter and glanced over the typewritten contents . Miss Anne Shirley , Green Gables , Avonlea , P.E. Island . `` DEAR MADAM : We have much pleasure in informing you that your charming story ` Averil 's Atonement ' has won the prize of twenty-five dollars offered in our recent competition . We enclose the check herewith . We are arranging for the publication of the story in several prominent Canadian newspapers , and we also intend to have it printed in pamphlet form for distribution among our patrons . Thanking you for the interest you have shown in our enterprise , we remain , `` Yours very truly , `` THE ROLLINGS RELIABLE `` BAKING POWDER Co. '' `` I do n't understand , '' said Anne , blankly . Diana clapped her hands . `` Oh , I KNEW it would win the prize -- I was sure of it . I sent your story into the competition , Anne . '' `` Diana -- Barry ! '' `` Yes , I did , '' said Diana gleefully , perching herself on the bed . `` When I saw the offer I thought of your story in a minute , and at first I thought I 'd ask you to send it in . But then I was afraid you would n't -- you had so little faith left in it . So I just decided I 'd send the copy you gave me , and say nothing about it . Then , if it did n't win the prize , you 'd never know and you would n't feel badly over it , because the stories that failed were not to be returned , and if it did you 'd have such a delightful surprise . '' Diana was not the most discerning of mortals , but just at this moment it struck her that Anne was not looking exactly overjoyed . The surprise was there , beyond doubt -- but where was the delight ? `` Why , Anne , you do n't seem a bit pleased ! '' she exclaimed . Anne instantly manufactured a smile and put it on .
`` Of course I could n't be anything but pleased XXXXX your unselfish wish to give me pleasure , '' she said slowly .
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