Or why we should blush divinest rosy-red when we look at his card ? Anne , thy face betrayeth thee . '' `` Do n't talk nonsense , Phil . Do you know Mr. Gardner ? '' `` I 've met his two sisters , and I know of him . So does everybody worthwhile in Kingsport . The Gardners are among the richest , bluest , of Bluenoses . Roy is adorably handsome and clever . Two years ago his mother 's health failed and he had to leave college and go abroad with her -- his father is dead . He must have been greatly disappointed to have to give up his class , but they say he was perfectly sweet about it . Fee -- fi -- fo -- fum , Anne . I smell romance . Almost do I envy you , but not quite . After all , Roy Gardner is n't Jonas . '' `` You goose ! '' said Anne loftily . But she lay long awake that night , nor did she wish for sleep . Her waking fancies were more alluring than any vision of dreamland . Had the real Prince come at last ? Recalling those glorious dark eyes which had gazed so deeply into her own , Anne was very strongly inclined to think he had .
Chapter XXVI Enter Christine The girls at Patty 's Place were dressing for the reception which the Juniors were giving for the Seniors XXXXX February .
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