`` A husband ! '' Anne had been sitting up in bed , the better to wrestle with the problem of her exact opinion of Billy Andrews . Now she fell flatly back on her pillows , the very breath gone out of her . `` Whose husband ? '' `` Yours , of course , '' answered Jane . `` Billy wants to marry you . He 's always been crazy about you -- and now father has given him the upper farm in his own name and there 's nothing to prevent him from getting married . But he 's so shy he could n't ask you himself if you 'd have him , so he got me to do it . I 'd rather not have , but he gave me no peace till I said I would , if I got a good chance . What do you think about it , Anne ? '' Was it a dream ? Was it one of those nightmare things in which you find yourself engaged or married to some one you hate or do n't know , without the slightest idea how it ever came about ? No , she , Anne Shirley , was lying there , wide awake , in her own bed , and Jane Andrews was beside her , calmly proposing for her brother Billy . Anne did not know whether she wanted to writhe or laugh ; but she could do neither , for Jane 's feelings must not be hurt . `` I -- I could n't marry Bill , you know , Jane , '' she managed to gasp . `` Why , such an idea never occurred to me -- never ! '' `` I do n't suppose it did , '' agreed Jane . `` Billy has always been far too shy to think of courting . But you might think it over , Anne . Billy is a good fellow .
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