Mr. Phillips said my spelling was disgraceful and he held up my slate so that everybody could see it , all marked over . I felt so mortified , Marilla ; he might have been politer to a stranger , I think . Ruby Gillis gave me an apple and Sophia Sloane lent me a lovely pink card with ` May I see you home ? ' on it . I 'm to give it back to her tomorrow . And Tillie Boulter let me wear her bead ring all the afternoon . Can I have some of those pearl beads off the old pincushion in the garret to make myself a ring ? And oh , Marilla , Jane Andrews told me that Minnie MacPherson told her that she heard Prissy Andrews tell Sara Gillis that I had a very pretty nose . Marilla , that is the first compliment I have ever had in my life and you ca n't imagine what a strange feeling it gave me . Marilla , have I really a pretty nose ? I know you 'll tell me the truth . '' `` Your nose is well enough , '' said Marilla shortly . Secretly she thought Anne 's nose was a remarkable pretty one ; but she had no intention of telling her so . That was three weeks ago and all had gone smoothly so far . And now , this crisp September morning , Anne and Diana were tripping blithely down the Birch Path , two of the happiest little girls in Avonlea . `` I guess Gilbert Blythe will be in school today , '' said Diana . `` He 's been visiting his cousins over in New Brunswick all summer and he only came home Saturday night . He 's AW ` FLY handsome , Anne . And he teases the girls something terrible . He just torments our lives out . ''
Diana 's voice indicated XXXXX she rather liked having her life tormented out than not .
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