`` Oh , '' laughed Anne , `` I am going to be an old maid . I really ca n't find any one to suit me . '' It was rather wicked of her . She deliberately meant to remind Mrs. Andrews that if she became an old maid it was not because she had not had at least one chance of marriage . But Mrs. Harmon took swift revenge . `` Well , the over-particular girls generally get left , I notice . And what 's this I hear about Gilbert Blythe being engaged to a Miss Stuart ? Charlie Sloane tells me she is perfectly beautiful . Is it true ? '' `` I do n't know if it is true that he is engaged to Miss Stuart , '' replied Anne , with Spartan composure , `` but it is certainly true that she is very lovely . '' `` I once thought you and Gilbert would have made a match of it , '' said Mrs. Harmon . `` If you do n't take care , Anne , all of your beaux will slip through your fingers . '' Anne decided not to continue her duel with Mrs. Harmon . You could not fence with an antagonist who met rapier thrust with blow of battle axe . `` Since Jane is away , '' she said , rising haughtily , `` I do n't think I can stay longer this morning . I 'll come down when she comes home . '' `` Do , '' said Mrs. Harmon effusively . `` Jane is n't a bit proud . She just means to associate with her old friends the same as ever . She 'll be real glad to see you . ''
Jane 's millionaire arrived the last of May and carried her off in a blaze XXXXX splendor .
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