And there is not the slightest doubt but that she would . There was also a characteristic scrawl from Philippa , full of Alec and Alonzo , what they said and what they did , and how they looked when they saw her . `` But I ca n't make up my mind yet which to marry , '' wrote Phil . `` I do wish you had come with me to decide for me . Some one will have to . When I saw Alec my heart gave a great thump and I thought , ` He might be the right one . ' And then , when Alonzo came , thump went my heart again . So that 's no guide , though it should be , according to all the novels I 've ever read . Now , Anne , YOUR heart would n't thump for anybody but the genuine Prince Charming , would it ? There must be something radically wrong with mine . But I 'm having a perfectly gorgeous time . How I wish you were here ! It 's snowing today , and I 'm rapturous . I was so afraid we 'd have a green Christmas and I loathe them . You know , when Christmas is a dirty grayey-browney affair , looking as if it had been left over a hundred years ago and had been in soak ever since , it is called a GREEN Christmas ! Do n't ask me why . As Lord Dundreary says , ` there are thome thingth no fellow can underthtand . ' `` Anne , did you ever get on a street car and then discover that you had n't any money with you to pay your fare ? I did , the other day . It 's quite awful .
I had a nickel XXXXX me when I got on the car .
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