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"Well, there are Diana and Fred and little Fred and Small Anne Cordelia and Jane Andrews. I wish I could have Miss Stacey and Aunt Jamesina and Priscilla and Stella. But Stella is in Vancouver, and Pris is in Japan, and Miss Stacey is married in California, and Aunt Jamesina has gone to India to explore her daughter's mission field, in spite of her horror of snakes.
"I was born a see-saw Aunty, and nothing can ever prevent me from teetering." "You ought to be more levelheaded, Philippa." "It's best to be levelheaded, of course," agreed Philippa, "but you miss lots of fun. As for Alec and Alonzo, if you knew them you'd understand why it's difficult to choose between them. They're equally nice." "Then take somebody who is nicer" suggested Aunt Jamesina.
Aunt Jamesina, carried away by his unfailing and deferential courtesy, and the pleading tones of his delightful voice, declared he was the nicest young man she ever knew, and that Anne was a very fortunate girl. Such remarks made Anne restive. Roy's wooing had certainly been as romantic as girlish heart could desire, but she wished Aunt Jamesina and the girls would not take things so for granted.
Thank goodness air and salvation are still free," said Aunt Jamesina. "And so is laughter," added Anne. "There's no tax on it yet and that is well, because you're all going to laugh presently. I'm going to read you Davy's letter. His spelling has improved immensely this past year, though he is not strong on apostrophes, and he certainly possesses the gift of writing an interesting letter.
She gives you the impression that life to her is indeed a vale of tears, and that a smile, never to speak of a laugh, is a frivolity truly reprehensible. She has a worse opinion of me than Aunt Jamesina, and she doesn't love me hard to atone for it, as Aunty J. does, either. "Miss Maria Grimsby sits cati-corner from me.
"At all events it isn't tainted money like the check I got for that horrible Reliable Baking Powder story. I spent IT usefully for clothes and hated them every time I put them on." "Think of having a real live author at Patty's Place," said Priscilla. "It's a great responsibility," said Aunt Jamesina solemnly. "Indeed it is," agreed Pris with equal solemnity. "Authors are kittle cattle.
Columbia on the early train and departing on the late. He was a general favorite at Patty's Place, though Aunt Jamesina shook her head and opined that divinity students were not what they used to be. "He's VERY nice, my dear," she told Phil, "but ministers ought to be graver and more dignified." "Can't a man laugh and laugh and be a Christian still?" demanded Phil. "Oh, MEN yes.
"I suppose so," said Stella, shrugging her shoulders. "Roy is a nice fellow and all that. But there's really nothing in him." "That sounds very like a jealous remark, Stella Maynard," said Aunt Jamesina rebukingly. "It does but I am not jealous," said Stella calmly. "I love Anne and I like Roy. Everybody says she is making a brilliant match, and even Mrs. Gardner thinks her charming now.
But Roy was a dear fellow and they would be very happy together, even if some indefinable zest was missing out of life. When Roy came down that evening and asked Anne to walk in the park every one at Patty's Place knew what he had come to say; and every one knew, or thought they knew, what Anne's answer would be. "Anne is a very fortunate girl," said Aunt Jamesina.
"What are you going to do with Rusty?" asked Phil, as that privileged pussy padded into the room. "I am going to take him home with me and Joseph and the Sarah-cat," announced Aunt Jamesina, following Rusty. "It would be a shame to separate those cats now that they have learned to live together. It's a hard lesson for cats and humans to learn."
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