The sitting room will do for you and your company . But there 's a bottle half full of raspberry cordial that was left over from the church social the other night . It 's on the second shelf of the sitting-room closet and you and Diana can have it if you like , and a cooky to eat with it along in the afternoon , for I daresay Matthew 'll be late coming in to tea since he 's hauling potatoes to the vessel . '' Anne flew down to the hollow , past the Dryad 's Bubble and up the spruce path to Orchard Slope , to ask Diana to tea . As a result just after Marilla had driven off to Carmody , Diana came over , dressed in HER second-best dress and looking exactly as it is proper to look when asked out to tea . At other times she was wont to run into the kitchen without knocking ; but now she knocked primly at the front door . And when Anne , dressed in her second best , as primly opened it , both little girls shook hands as gravely as if they had never met before . This unnatural solemnity lasted until after Diana had been taken to the east gable to lay off her hat and then had sat for ten minutes in the sitting room , toes in position . `` How is your mother ? '' inquired Anne politely , just as if she had not seen Mrs. Barry picking apples that morning in excellent health and spirits . `` She is very well , thank you . I suppose Mr. Cuthbert is hauling potatoes to the LILY SANDS this afternoon , is he ? '' said Diana , who had ridden down to Mr. Harmon Andrews 's that morning in Matthew 's cart . `` Yes . Our potato crop is very good this year . I hope your father 's crop is good too . '' `` It is fairly good , thank you . Have you picked many of your apples yet ? '' `` Oh , ever so many , '' said Anne forgetting to be dignified and jumping up quickly . `` Let 's go out to the orchard and get some of the Red Sweetings , Diana .
Marilla says we can have all that are left XXXXX the tree .
At after as if in of on past to up