She always turned her back on him . But everybody else at Patty 's Place liked him very much . Aunt Jamesina , carried away by his unfailing and deferential courtesy , and the pleading tones of his delightful voice , declared he was the nicest young man she ever knew , and that Anne was a very fortunate girl . Such remarks made Anne restive . Roy 's wooing had certainly been as romantic as girlish heart could desire , but -- she wished Aunt Jamesina and the girls would not take things so for granted . When Roy murmured a poetical compliment as he helped her on with her coat , she did not blush and thrill as usual ; and he found her rather silent in their brief walk to Redmond . He thought she looked a little pale when she came out of the coeds ' dressing room ; but as they entered the reception room her color and sparkle suddenly returned to her . She turned to Roy with her gayest expression . He smiled back at her with what Phil called `` his deep , black , velvety smile . '' Yet she really did not see Roy at all . She was acutely conscious that Gilbert was standing under the palms just across the room talking to a girl who must be Christine Stuart . She was very handsome , in the stately style destined to become rather massive in middle life . A tall girl , with large dark-blue eyes , ivory outlines , and a gloss of darkness on her smooth hair . `` She looks just as I 've always wanted to look , '' thought Anne miserably . `` Rose-leaf complexion -- starry violet eyes -- raven hair -- yes , she has them all . It 's a wonder her name is n't Cordelia Fitzgerald into the bargain ! But I do n't believe her figure is as good as mine , and her nose certainly is n't . '' Anne felt a little comforted by this conclusion . Chapter XXVII Mutual Confidences March came in that winter like the meekest and mildest of lambs , bringing days that were crisp and golden and tingling , each followed by a frosty pink twilight which gradually lost itself in an elfland of moonshine . Over the girls at Patty 's Place was falling the shadow of April examinations .
They were studying hard ; even Phil had settled down XXXXX text and notebooks with a doggedness not to be expected of her .
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