`` Well , I certainly think you have treated Roy shamefully , '' said Phil in exasperation . `` He 's handsome and clever and rich and good . What more do you want ? '' `` I want some one who BELONGS in my life . He does n't . I was swept off my feet at first by his good looks and knack of paying romantic compliments ; and later on I thought I MUST be in love because he was my dark-eyed ideal . '' `` I am bad enough for not knowing my own mind , but you are worse , '' said Phil . '' I DO know my own mind , '' protested Anne . `` The trouble is , my mind changes and then I have to get acquainted with it all over again . '' `` Well , I suppose there is no use in saying anything to you . '' `` There is no need , Phil . I 'm in the dust . This has spoiled everything backwards . I can never think of Redmond days without recalling the humiliation of this evening . Roy despises me -- and you despise me -- and I despise myself . '' `` You poor darling , '' said Phil , melting . `` Just come here and let me comfort you . I 've no right to scold you . I 'd have married Alec or Alonzo if I had n't met Jo . Oh , Anne , things are so mixed-up in real life .
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