You can have it . '' `` If -- if we can afford to pay what you ask for it , '' hesitated Anne . Miss Patty named the amount required . Anne and Priscilla looked at each other . Priscilla shook her head . `` I 'm afraid we ca n't afford quite so much , '' said Anne , choking back her disappointment . `` You see , we are only college girls and we are poor . '' `` What were you thinking you could afford ? '' demanded Miss Patty , ceasing not to knit . Anne named her amount . Miss Patty nodded gravely . `` That will do . As I told you , it is not strictly necessary that we should let it at all . We are not rich , but we have enough to go to Europe on . I have never been in Europe in my life , and never expected or wanted to go . But my niece there , Maria Spofford , has taken a fancy to go . Now , you know a young person like Maria ca n't go globetrotting alone . '' `` No -- I -- I suppose not , '' murmured Anne , seeing that Miss Patty was quite solemnly in earnest . `` Of course not . So I have to go along to look after her .
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