I have a queer , creepy , crawly feeling -- you can call it a presentiment , if you like -- that ` Patty 's Place ' and I are going to be better acquainted yet . '' Chapter VII Home Again Those first three weeks at Redmond had seemed long ; but the rest of the term flew by on wings of wind . Before they realized it the Redmond students found themselves in the grind of Christmas examinations , emerging therefrom more or less triumphantly . The honor of leading in the Freshman classes fluctuated between Anne , Gilbert and Philippa ; Priscilla did very well ; Charlie Sloane scraped through respectably , and comported himself as complacently as if he had led in everything . `` I ca n't really believe that this time tomorrow I 'll be in Green Gables , '' said Anne on the night before departure . `` But I shall be . And you , Phil , will be in Bolingbroke with Alec and Alonzo . '' `` I 'm longing to see them , '' admitted Phil , between the chocolate she was nibbling . `` They really are such dear boys , you know . There 's to be no end of dances and drives and general jamborees . I shall never forgive you , Queen Anne , for not coming home with me for the holidays . '' '' ` Never ' means three days with you , Phil . It was dear of you to ask me -- and I 'd love to go to Bolingbroke some day . But I ca n't go this year -- I MUST go home . You do n't know how my heart longs for it . '' `` You wo n't have much of a time , '' said Phil scornfully . `` There 'll be one or two quilting parties , I suppose ; and all the old gossips will talk you over to your face and behind your back . You 'll die of lonesomeness , child . '' `` In Avonlea ? '' said Anne , highly amused .
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