Anne went in with cheeks of flame and her heart beating to her fingertips . Rusty , who climbed into her lap and tried to kiss her , found a very absent welcome . Anne , with her soul full of romantic thrills , had no attention to spare just then for a crop-eared pussy cat . That evening a parcel was left at Patty 's Place for Miss Shirley . It was a box containing a dozen magnificent roses . Phil pounced impertinently on the card that fell from it , read the name and the poetical quotation written on the back . `` Royal Gardner ! '' she exclaimed . `` Why , Anne , I did n't know you were acquainted with Roy Gardner ! '' `` I met him in the park this afternoon in the rain , '' explained Anne hurriedly . `` My umbrella turned inside out and he came to my rescue with his . '' `` Oh ! '' Phil peered curiously at Anne . `` And is that exceedingly commonplace incident any reason why he should send us longstemmed roses by the dozen , with a very sentimental rhyme ? Or why we should blush divinest rosy-red when we look at his card ? Anne , thy face betrayeth thee . '' `` Do n't talk nonsense , Phil . Do you know Mr. Gardner ? '' `` I 've met his two sisters , and I know of him . So does everybody worthwhile in Kingsport .
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