As Phil said , it was almost as good as getting married . You had the fun of homemaking without the bother of a husband . All brought something with them to adorn or make comfortable the little house . Pris and Phil and Stella had knick-knacks and pictures galore , which latter they proceeded to hang according to taste , in reckless disregard of Miss Patty 's new paper . `` We 'll putty the holes up when we leave , dear -- she 'll never know , '' they said to protesting Anne . Diana had given Anne a pine needle cushion and Miss Ada had given both her and Priscilla a fearfully and wonderfully embroidered one . Marilla had sent a big box of preserves , and darkly hinted at a hamper for Thanksgiving , and Mrs. Lynde gave Anne a patchwork quilt and loaned her five more . `` You take them , '' she said authoritatively . `` They might as well be in use as packed away in that trunk in the garret for moths to gnaw . '' No moths would ever have ventured near those quilts , for they reeked of mothballs to such an extent that they had to be hung in the orchard of Patty 's Place a full fortnight before they could be endured indoors . Verily , aristocratic Spofford Avenue had rarely beheld such a display . The gruff old millionaire who lived `` next door '' came over and wanted to buy the gorgeous red and yellow `` tulip-pattern '' one which Mrs. Rachel had given Anne . He said his mother used to make quilts like that , and by Jove , he wanted one to remind him of her . Anne would not sell it , much to his disappointment , but she wrote all about it to Mrs. Lynde . That highly-gratified lady sent word back that she had one just like it to spare , so the tobacco king got his quilt after all , and insisted on having it spread on his bed , to the disgust of his fashionable wife . Mrs. Lynde 's quilts served a very useful purpose that winter . Patty 's Place for all its many virtues , had its faults also . It was really a rather cold house ; and when the frosty nights came the girls were very glad to snuggle down under Mrs. Lynde 's quilts , and hoped that the loan of them might be accounted unto her for righteousness . Anne had the blue room she had coveted at sight . Priscilla and Stella had the large one .
Phil was blissfully content with the little one over the kitchen ; and Aunt Jamesina was XXXXX have the downstairs one off the living-room .
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