Then I mailed both letters . I got Alonzo 's reply this morning . Girls , I had put that postscript to his letter and he was furious . Of course he 'll get over it -- and I do n't care if he does n't -- but it spoiled my day . So I thought I 'd come to you darlings to get cheered up . After the football season opens I wo n't have any spare Saturday afternoons . I adore football . I 've got the most gorgeous cap and sweater striped in Redmond colors to wear to the games . To be sure , a little way off I 'll look like a walking barber 's pole . Do you know that that Gilbert of yours has been elected Captain of the Freshman football team ? '' `` Yes , he told us so last evening , '' said Priscilla , seeing that outraged Anne would not answer . `` He and Charlie were down . We knew they were coming , so we painstakingly put out of sight or out of reach all Miss Ada 's cushions . That very elaborate one with the raised embroidery I dropped on the floor in the corner behind the chair it was on . I thought it would be safe there . But would you believe it ? Charlie Sloane made for that chair , noticed the cushion behind it , solemnly fished it up , and sat on it the whole evening . Such a wreck of a cushion as it was ! Poor Miss Ada asked me today , still smiling , but oh , so reproachfully , why I had allowed it to be sat upon . I told her I had n't -- that it was a matter of predestination coupled with inveterate Sloanishness and I was n't a match for both combined . ''
`` Miss Ada 's cushions are really getting XXXXX my nerves , '' said Anne .
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