Just let them tell him a thing is pretty and fashionable , and Matthew plunks his money down for it . Mind you keep your skirt clear of the wheel , Anne , and put your warm jacket on . '' Then Marilla stalked downstairs , thinking proudly how sweet Anne looked , with that `` One moonbeam from the forehead to the crown '' and regretting that she could not go to the concert herself to hear her girl recite . `` I wonder if it IS too damp for my dress , '' said Anne anxiously . `` Not a bit of it , '' said Diana , pulling up the window blind . `` It 's a perfect night , and there wo n't be any dew . Look at the moonlight . '' `` I 'm so glad my window looks east into the sunrising , '' said Anne , going over to Diana . `` It 's so splendid to see the morning coming up over those long hills and glowing through those sharp fir tops . It 's new every morning , and I feel as if I washed my very soul in that bath of earliest sunshine . Oh , Diana , I love this little room so dearly . I do n't know how I 'll get along without it when I go to town next month . '' `` Do n't speak of your going away tonight , '' begged Diana . `` I do n't want to think of it , it makes me so miserable , and I do want to have a good time this evening . What are you going to recite , Anne ? And are you nervous ? '' `` Not a bit . I 've recited so often in public I do n't mind at all now . I 've decided to give ` The Maiden 's Vow . ' It 's so pathetic .
Laura Spencer is going XXXXX give a comic recitation , but I 'd rather make people cry than laugh . ''
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