Just as soon as I decide to do something I feel in my bones that another course would be the correct one . It 's a dreadful misfortune , but I was born that way , and there is no use in blaming me for it , as some people do . So I could n't make up my mind to go and speak to you , much as I wanted to . '' `` We thought you were too shy , '' said Anne . `` No , no , dear . Shyness is n't among the many failings -- or virtues -- of Philippa Gordon -- Phil for short . Do call me Phil right off . Now , what are your handles ? '' `` She 's Priscilla Grant , '' said Anne , pointing . `` And SHE 'S Anne Shirley , '' said Priscilla , pointing in turn . `` And we 're from the Island , '' said both together . `` I hail from Bolingbroke , Nova Scotia , '' said Philippa . `` Bolingbroke ! '' exclaimed Anne . `` Why , that is where I was born . '' `` Do you really mean it ? Why , that makes you a Bluenose after all . '' `` No , it does n't , '' retorted Anne . `` Was n't it Dan O'Connell who said that if a man was born in a stable it did n't make him a horse ? I 'm Island to the core . ''
`` Well , I 'm glad you were born XXXXX Bolingbroke anyway .
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