`` Love me , love my friends '' seemed to be her unconscious motto . Without effort , she took them with her into her ever widening circle of acquaintanceship , and the two Avonlea girls found their social pathway at Redmond made very easy and pleasant for them , to the envy and wonderment of the other freshettes , who , lacking Philippa 's sponsorship , were doomed to remain rather on the fringe of things during their first college year . To Anne and Priscilla , with their more serious views of life , Phil remained the amusing , lovable baby she had seemed on their first meeting . Yet , as she said herself , she had `` heaps '' of brains . When or where she found time to study was a mystery , for she seemed always in demand for some kind of `` fun , '' and her home evenings were crowded with callers . She had all the `` beaux '' that heart could desire , for nine-tenths of the Freshmen and a big fraction of all the other classes were rivals for her smiles . She was naively delighted over this , and gleefully recounted each new conquest to Anne and Priscilla , with comments that might have made the unlucky lover 's ears burn fiercely . `` Alec and Alonzo do n't seem to have any serious rival yet , '' remarked Anne , teasingly . `` Not one , '' agreed Philippa . `` I write them both every week and tell them all about my young men here . I 'm sure it must amuse them . But , of course , the one I like best I ca n't get . Gilbert Blythe wo n't take any notice of me , except to look at me as if I were a nice little kitten he 'd like to pat . Too well I know the reason . I owe you a grudge , Queen Anne . I really ought to hate you and instead I love you madly , and I 'm miserable if I do n't see you every day . You 're different from any girl I ever knew before . When you look at me in a certain way I feel what an insignificant , frivolous little beast I am , and I long to be better and wiser and stronger . And then I make good resolutions ; but the first nice-looking mannie who comes my way knocks them all out of my head . Is n't college life magnificent ?
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