Mother had a letter from Aunt Josephine today , and Aunt Josephine wants you and me to go to town next Tuesday and stop with her for the Exhibition . There ! '' `` Oh , Diana , '' whispered Anne , finding it necessary to lean up against a maple tree for support , `` do you really mean it ? But I 'm afraid Marilla wo n't let me go . She will say that she ca n't encourage gadding about . That was what she said last week when Jane invited me to go with them in their double-seated buggy to the American concert at the White Sands Hotel . I wanted to go , but Marilla said I 'd be better at home learning my lessons and so would Jane . I was bitterly disappointed , Diana . I felt so heartbroken that I would n't say my prayers when I went to bed . But I repented of that and got up in the middle of the night and said them . '' `` I 'll tell you , '' said Diana , `` we 'll get Mother to ask Marilla . She 'll be more likely to let you go then ; and if she does we 'll have the time of our lives , Anne . I 've never been to an Exhibition , and it 's so aggravating to hear the other girls talking about their trips . Jane and Ruby have been twice , and they 're going this year again . '' `` I 'm not going to think about it at all until I know whether I can go or not , '' said Anne resolutely . `` If I did and then was disappointed , it would be more than I could bear . But in case I do go I 'm very glad my new coat will be ready by that time . Marilla did n't think I needed a new coat . She said my old one would do very well for another winter and that I ought to be satisfied with having a new dress . The dress is very pretty , Diana -- navy blue and made so fashionably .
Marilla always makes my dresses fashionably now , because she says she does n't intend XXXXX have Matthew going to Mrs. Lynde to make them .
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