We 'll make fun of him to his face and he 'll never know it . '' Doubtless , `` the abandoned P 's , '' as Anne called them , did carry out their amiable intentions . But Sloane was blissfully ignorant ; he thought he was quite a fine fellow to be walking with two such coeds , especially Philippa Gordon , the class beauty and belle . It must surely impress Anne . She would see that some people appreciated him at his real value . Gilbert and Anne loitered a little behind the others , enjoying the calm , still beauty of the autumn afternoon under the pines of the park , on the road that climbed and twisted round the harbor shore . `` The silence here is like a prayer , is n't it ? '' said Anne , her face upturned to the shining sky . `` How I love the pines ! They seem to strike their roots deep into the romance of all the ages . It is so comforting to creep away now and then for a good talk with them . I always feel so happy out here . '' '' ` And so in mountain solitudes o'ertaken As by some spell divine , Their cares drop from them like the needles shaken From out the gusty pine , ' '' quoted Gilbert . `` They make our little ambitions seem rather petty , do n't they , Anne ? '' `` I think , if ever any great sorrow came to me , I would come to the pines for comfort , '' said Anne dreamily . `` I hope no great sorrow ever will come to you , Anne , '' said Gilbert , who could not connect the idea of sorrow with the vivid , joyous creature beside him , unwitting that those who can soar to the highest heights can also plunge to the deepest depths , and that the natures which enjoy most keenly are those which also suffer most sharply . `` But there must -- sometime , '' mused Anne . `` Life seems like a cup of glory held to my lips just now . But there must be some bitterness in it -- there is in every cup . I shall taste mine some day .
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