Just as soon as I 've decided that I 'm pretty I begin to feel miserably that I 'm not . Besides , have a horrible old great-aunt who is always saying to me , with a mournful sigh , ` You were such a pretty baby . It 's strange how children change when they grow up . ' I adore aunts , but I detest great-aunts . Please tell me quite often that I am pretty , if you do n't mind . I feel so much more comfortable when I can believe I 'm pretty . And I 'll be just as obliging to you if you want me to -- I CAN be , with a clear conscience . '' `` Thanks , '' laughed Anne , `` but Priscilla and I are so firmly convinced of our own good looks that we do n't need any assurance about them , so you need n't trouble . '' `` Oh , you 're laughing at me . I know you think I 'm abominably vain , but I 'm not . There really is n't one spark of vanity in me . And I 'm never a bit grudging about paying compliments to other girls when they deserve them . I 'm so glad I know you folks . I came up on Saturday and I 've nearly died of homesickness ever since . It 's a horrible feeling , is n't it ? In Bolingbroke I 'm an important personage , and in Kingsport I 'm just nobody ! There were times when I could feel my soul turning a delicate blue . Where do you hang out ? '' `` Thirty-eight St. John 's Street . '' `` Better and better .
Why , I 'm just around the corner XXXXX Wallace Street .
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