`` There is no use thinking of it , Jane . I do n't care anything for him in that way , and you must tell him so . '' `` Well , I did n't suppose you would , '' said Jane with a resigned sigh , feeling that she had done her best . `` I told Billy I did n't believe it was a bit of use to ask you , but he insisted . Well , you 've made your decision , Anne , and I hope you wo n't regret it . '' Jane spoke rather coldly . She had been perfectly sure that the enamored Billy had no chance at all of inducing Anne to marry him . Nevertheless , she felt a little resentment that Anne Shirley , who was , after all , merely an adopted orphan , without kith or kin , should refuse her brother -- one of the Avonlea Andrews . Well , pride sometimes goes before a fall , Jane reflected ominously . Anne permitted herself to smile in the darkness over the idea that she might ever regret not marrying Billy Andrews . `` I hope Billy wo n't feel very badly over it , '' she said nicely . Jane made a movement as if she were tossing her head on her pillow . `` Oh , he wo n't break his heart . Billy has too much good sense for that . He likes Nettie Blewett pretty well , too , and mother would rather he married her than any one . She 's such a good manager and saver . I think , when Billy is once sure you wo n't have him , he 'll take Nettie . Please do n't mention this to any one , will you , Anne ? '' `` Certainly not , '' said Anne , who had no desire whatever to publish abroad the fact that Billy Andrews wanted to marry her , preferring her , when all was said and done , to Nettie Blewett . Nettie Blewett !
`` And now I suppose we 'd better go XXXXX sleep , '' suggested Jane .
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