You 'd be such a success -- and I would bask in reflected glory -- ` not the rose but near the rose . ' Do come , after all , Anne . '' `` Your picture of social triumphs is quite fascinating , Phil , but I 'll paint one to offset it . I 'm going home to an old country farmhouse , once green , rather faded now , set among leafless apple orchards . There is a brook below and a December fir wood beyond , where I 've heard harps swept by the fingers of rain and wind . There is a pond nearby that will be gray and brooding now . There will be two oldish ladies in the house , one tall and thin , one short and fat ; and there will be two twins , one a perfect model , the other what Mrs. Lynde calls a ` holy terror . ' There will be a little room upstairs over the porch , where old dreams hang thick , and a big , fat , glorious feather bed which will almost seem the height of luxury after a boardinghouse mattress . How do you like my picture , Phil ? '' `` It seems a very dull one , '' said Phil , with a grimace . `` Oh , but I 've left out the transforming thing , '' said Anne softly . `` There 'll be love there , Phil -- faithful , tender love , such as I 'll never find anywhere else in the world -- love that 's waiting for me . That makes my picture a masterpiece , does n't it , even if the colors are not very brilliant ? '' Phil silently got up , tossed her box of chocolates away , went up to Anne , and put her arms about her . `` Anne , I wish I was like you , '' she said soberly . Diana met Anne at the Carmody station the next night , and they drove home together under silent , star-sown depths of sky . Green Gables had a very festal appearance as they drove up the lane . There was a light in every window , the glow breaking out through the darkness like flame-red blossoms swung against the dark background of the Haunted Wood . And in the yard was a brave bonfire with two gay little figures dancing around it , one of which gave an unearthly yell as the buggy turned in under the poplars . `` Davy means that for an Indian war-whoop , '' said Diana .
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