The little hall was crowded ; all the performers did excellently well , but Anne was the bright particular star of the occasion , as even envy , in the shape of Josie Pye , dared not deny . `` Oh , has n't it been a brilliant evening ? '' sighed Anne , when it was all over and she and Diana were walking home together under a dark , starry sky . `` Everything went off very well , '' said Diana practically . `` I guess we must have made as much as ten dollars . Mind you , Mr. Allan is going to send an account of it to the Charlottetown papers . '' `` Oh , Diana , will we really see our names in print ? It makes me thrill to think of it . Your solo was perfectly elegant , Diana . I felt prouder than you did when it was encored . I just said to myself , ` It is my dear bosom friend who is so honored . ' '' `` Well , your recitations just brought down the house , Anne . That sad one was simply splendid . '' `` Oh , I was so nervous , Diana . When Mr. Allan called out my name I really can not tell how I ever got up on that platform . I felt as if a million eyes were looking at me and through me , and for one dreadful moment I was sure I could n't begin at all . Then I thought of my lovely puffed sleeves and took courage . I knew that I must live up to those sleeves , Diana . So I started in , and my voice seemed to be coming from ever so far away . I just felt like a parrot .
It 's providential that I practiced those recitations so often up XXXXX the garret , or I 'd never have been able to get through .
So from in like of on over than to under