Anne was graciously pleased to accept it and rewarded the donor with a smile which exalted that infatuated youth straightway into the seventh heaven of delight and caused him to make such fearful errors in his dictation that Mr. Phillips kept him in after school to rewrite it . But as , The Caesar 's pageant shorn of Brutus ' bust Did but of Rome 's best son remind her more , so the marked absence of any tribute or recognition from Diana Barry who was sitting with Gertie Pye embittered Anne 's little triumph . `` 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 XXXXX the `` model '' spirit from Minnie Andrews ; at least she got on very well with Mr. Phillips thenceforth .
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