The tinkles of sleigh bells among the snowy hills came like elfin chimes through the frosty air , but their music was not sweeter than the song in Anne 's heart and on her lips . `` You see before you a perfectly happy person , Marilla , '' she announced . `` I 'm perfectly happy -- yes , in spite of my red hair . Just at present I have a soul above red hair . Mrs. Barry kissed me and cried and said she was so sorry and she could never repay me . I felt fearfully embarrassed , Marilla , but I just said as politely as I could , ' I have no hard feelings for you , Mrs. Barry . I assure you once for all that I did not mean to intoxicate Diana and henceforth I shall cover the past with the mantle of oblivion . ' That was a pretty dignified way of speaking was n't it , Marilla ? '' `` I felt that I was heaping coals of fire on Mrs. Barry 's head . And Diana and I had a lovely afternoon . Diana showed me a new fancy crochet stitch her aunt over at Carmody taught her . Not a soul in Avonlea knows it but us , and we pledged a solemn vow never to reveal it to anyone else . Diana gave me a beautiful card with a wreath of roses on it and a verse of poetry : `` If you love me as I love you Nothing but death can part us two . `` And that is true , Marilla . We 're going to ask Mr. Phillips to let us sit together in school again , and Gertie Pye can go with Minnie Andrews . We had an elegant tea . Mrs. Barry had the very best china set out , Marilla , just as if I was real company . I ca n't tell you what a thrill it gave me . Nobody ever used their very best china on my account before . And we had fruit cake and pound cake and doughnuts and two kinds of preserves , Marilla .
And Mrs. Barry asked me if I took tea and said ` Pa , why do n't you pass the biscuits XXXXX Anne ? '
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