Wait till I tell you . When you ran off the platform after the fairy dialogue one of your roses fell out of your hair . I saw Gil pick it up and put it in his breast pocket . There now . You 're so romantic that I 'm sure you ought to be pleased at that . '' `` It 's nothing to me what that person does , '' said Anne loftily . `` I simply never waste a thought on him , Diana . '' That night Marilla and Matthew , who had been out to a concert for the first time in twenty years , sat for a while by the kitchen fire after Anne had gone to bed . `` Well now , I guess our Anne did as well as any of them , '' said Matthew proudly . `` Yes , she did , '' admitted Marilla . `` She 's a bright child , Matthew . And she looked real nice too . I 've been kind of opposed to this concert scheme , but I suppose there 's no real harm in it after all . Anyhow , I was proud of Anne tonight , although I 'm not going to tell her so . '' `` Well now , I was proud of her and I did tell her so ` fore she went upstairs , '' said Matthew . `` We must see what we can do for her some of these days , Marilla . I guess she 'll need something more than Avonlea school by and by . '' `` There 's time enough to think of that , '' said Marilla . `` She 's only thirteen in March . Though tonight it struck me she was growing quite a big girl .
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