Wo n't that do as well ? '' No , Anne was positive it would not do as well . So Davy scrambled out and knelt down at her knee . When he had finished his devotions he leaned back on his little , bare , brown heels and looked up at her . `` Anne , I 'm gooder than I used to be . '' `` Yes , indeed you are , Davy , '' said Anne , who never hesitated to give credit where credit was due . `` I KNOW I 'm gooder , '' said Davy confidently , `` and I 'll tell you how I know it . Today Marilla give me two pieces of bread and jam , one for me and one for Dora . One was a good deal bigger than the other and Marilla did n't say which was mine . But I give the biggest piece to Dora . That was good of me , was n't it ? '' `` Very good , and very manly , Davy . '' `` Of course , '' admitted Davy , `` Dora was n't very hungry and she only et half her slice and then she give the rest to me . But I did n't know she was going to do that when I give it to her , so I WAS good , Anne . '' In the twilight Anne sauntered down to the Dryad 's Bubble and saw Gilbert Blythe coming down through the dusky Haunted Wood . She had a sudden realization that Gilbert was a schoolboy no longer . And how manly he looked -- the tall , frank-faced fellow , with the clear , straightforward eyes and the broad shoulders . Anne thought Gilbert was a very handsome lad , even though he did n't look at all like her ideal man . She and Diana had long ago decided what kind of a man they admired and their tastes seemed exactly similar . He must be very tall and distinguished looking , with melancholy , inscrutable eyes , and a melting , sympathetic voice .
There was nothing either melancholy or inscrutable in Gilbert 's physiognomy , but XXXXX course that did n't matter in friendship !
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