`` I 'm to be Phil 's bridesmaid next June , when she marries Mr. Blake , and then I must stop , for you know the proverb ` three times a bridesmaid , never a bride , ' '' said Anne , peeping through the window over the pink and snow of the blossoming orchard beneath . `` Here comes the minister , Diana . '' `` Oh , Anne , '' gasped Diana , suddenly turning very pale and beginning to tremble . `` Oh , Anne -- I 'm so nervous -- I ca n't go through with it -- Anne , I know I 'm going to faint . '' `` If you do I 'll drag you down to the rainwater hogshed and drop you in , '' said Anne unsympathetically . `` Cheer up , dearest . Getting married ca n't be so very terrible when so many people survive the ceremony . See how cool and composed I am , and take courage . '' `` Wait till your turn comes , Miss Anne . Oh , Anne , I hear father coming upstairs . Give me my bouquet . Is my veil right ? Am I very pale ? '' `` You look just lovely . Di , darling , kiss me good-bye for the last time . Diana Barry will never kiss me again . '' `` Diana Wright will , though . There , mother 's calling . Come . '' Following the simple , old-fashioned way in vogue then , Anne went down to the parlor on Gilbert 's arm .
They met at the top of the stairs for the first time since they had left Kingsport , XXXXX Gilbert had arrived only that day .
If beneath for in next of over through till to