`` Well , '' she concluded flatly , `` it is a good thing for you , of course . '' `` Yes , I 've been hoping I would get it . It will help me out next year . '' `` You must n't work too HARD , '' said Anne , without any very clear idea of what she was saying . She wished desperately that Phil would come out . `` You 've studied very constantly this winter . Is n't this a delightful evening ? Do you know , I found a cluster of white violets under that old twisted tree over there today ? I felt as if I had discovered a gold mine . '' `` You are always discovering gold mines , '' said Gilbert -- also absently . `` Let us go and see if we can find some more , '' suggested Anne eagerly . `` I 'll call Phil and -- '' `` Never mind Phil and the violets just now , Anne , '' said Gilbert quietly , taking her hand in a clasp from which she could not free it . `` There is something I want to say to you . '' `` Oh , do n't say it , '' cried Anne , pleadingly . `` Do n't -- PLEASE , Gilbert . '' `` I must . Things ca n't go on like this any longer . Anne , I love you . You know I do . I -- I ca n't tell you how much .
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