Diana and Ruby and I are to be in it , all draped in white with flowing hair . I 'm to be Hope , with my hands clasped -- so -- and my eyes uplifted . I 'm going to practice my recitations in the garret . Do n't be alarmed if you hear me groaning . I have to groan heartrendingly in one of them , and it 's really hard to get up a good artistic groan , Marilla . Josie Pye is sulky because she did n't get the part she wanted in the dialogue . She wanted to be the fairy queen . That would have been ridiculous , for who ever heard of a fairy queen as fat as Josie ? Fairy queens must be slender . Jane Andrews is to be the queen and I am to be one of her maids of honor . Josie says she thinks a red-haired fairy is just as ridiculous as a fat one , but I do not let myself mind what Josie says . I 'm to have a wreath of white roses on my hair and Ruby Gillis is going to lend me her slippers because I have n't any of my own . It 's necessary for fairies to have slippers , you know . You could n't imagine a fairy wearing boots , could you ? Especially with copper toes ? We are going to decorate the hall with creeping spruce and fir mottoes with pink tissue-paper roses in them . And we are all to march in two by two after the audience is seated , while Emma White plays a march on the organ . Oh , Marilla , I know you are not so enthusiastic about it as I am , but do n't you hope your little Anne will distinguish herself ? '' `` All I hope is that you 'll behave yourself . I 'll be heartily glad when all this fuss is over and you 'll be able to settle down .
You are simply good XXXXX nothing just now with your head stuffed full of dialogues and groans and tableaus .
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