She 's sixteen and she 's studying for the entrance examination into Queen 's Academy at Charlottetown next year . Tillie Boulter says the master is DEAD GONE on her . She 's got a beautiful complexion and curly brown hair and she does it up so elegantly . She sits in the long seat at the back and he sits there , too , most of the time -- to explain her lessons , he says . But Ruby Gillis says she saw him writing something on her slate and when Prissy read it she blushed as red as a beet and giggled ; and Ruby Gillis says she does n't believe it had anything to do with the lesson . '' `` Anne Shirley , do n't let me hear you talking about your teacher in that way again , '' said Marilla sharply . `` You do n't go to school to criticize the master . I guess he can teach YOU something , and it 's your business to learn . And I want you to understand right off that you are not to come home telling tales about him . That is something I wo n't encourage . I hope you were a good girl . '' `` Indeed I was , '' said Anne comfortably . `` It was n't so hard as you might imagine , either . I sit with Diana . Our seat is right by the window and we can look down to the Lake of Shining Waters . There are a lot of nice girls in school and we had scrumptious fun playing at dinnertime . It 's so nice to have a lot of little girls to play with . But of course I like Diana best and always will . I ADORE Diana . I 'm dreadfully far behind the others .
They 're all in the fifth book and I 'm only XXXXX the fourth .
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