It is such as a soldier might wish for . '' Before she turned away , Anne unpinned the little cluster of purple pansies she wore and dropped it softly on the grave of the boy who had perished in the great sea-duel . `` Well , what do you think of our new friend ? '' asked Priscilla , when Phil had left them . `` I like her . There is something very lovable about her , in spite of all her nonsense . I believe , as she says herself , that she is n't half as silly as she sounds . She 's a dear , kissable baby -- and I do n't know that she 'll ever really grow up . '' `` I like her , too , '' said Priscilla , decidedly . `` She talks as much about boys as Ruby Gillis does . But it always enrages or sickens me to hear Ruby , whereas I just wanted to laugh good-naturedly at Phil . Now , what is the why of that ? '' `` There is a difference , '' said Anne meditatively . `` I think it 's because Ruby is really so CONSCIOUS of boys . She plays at love and love-making . Besides , you feel , when she is boasting of her beaux that she is doing it to rub it well into you that you have n't half so many . Now , when Phil talks of her beaux it sounds as if she was just speaking of chums . She really looks upon boys as good comrades , and she is pleased when she has dozens of them tagging round , simply because she likes to be popular and to be thought popular . Even Alex and Alonzo -- I 'll never be able to think of those two names separately after this -- are to her just two playfellows who want her to play with them all their lives . I 'm glad we met her , and I 'm glad we went to Old St. John 's .
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