Anne held out the hateful pink slip in shaking fingers . `` I ca n't take it -- it 's yours by right , Diana . You sent the story in and made the alterations . I -- I would certainly never have sent it . So you must take the check . '' `` I 'd like to see myself , '' said Diana scornfully . `` Why , what I did was n't any trouble . The honor of being a friend of the prizewinner is enough for me . Well , I must go . I should have gone straight home from the post office for we have company . But I simply had to come and hear the news . I 'm so glad for your sake , Anne . '' Anne suddenly bent forward , put her arms about Diana , and kissed her cheek . `` I think you are the sweetest and truest friend in the world , Diana , '' she said , with a little tremble in her voice , `` and I assure you I appreciate the motive of what you 've done . '' Diana , pleased and embarrassed , got herself away , and poor Anne , after flinging the innocent check into her bureau drawer as if it were blood-money , cast herself on her bed and wept tears of shame and outraged sensibility . Oh , she could never live this down -- never ! Gilbert arrived at dusk , brimming over with congratulations , for he had called at Orchard Slope and heard the news . But his congratulations died on his lips at sight of Anne 's face . `` Why , Anne , what is the matter ? I expected to find you radiant over winning Rollings Reliable prize .
Good XXXXX you ! ''
So about at for in into of on over with