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Mutual Confidences

           Shefeltthatsheoughttobeblushingwhilemakingsuchaconfession;butshewasnot;ontheotherhand,shealwaysblushedhotlywhenanyonesaidanythingaboutGilbertBlytheorChristineStuartinherhearing.GilbertBlytheandChristineStuartwerenothingtoher—absolutelynothing.ButAnnehadgivenuptryingtoanalyzethereasonofherblushes.AsforRoy,ofcourseshewasinlovewithhim—madlyso.Howcouldshehelpit?Washenotherideal?Whocouldresistthosegloriousdarkeyes,andthatpleadingvoice?WerenothalftheRedmondgirlswildlyenvious?Andwhatacharmingsonnethehadsenther,withaboxofviolets,onherbirthday!Annekneweverywordofitbyheart.Itwasverygoodstuffofitskind,too.NotexactlyuptothelevelofKeatsorShakespeare—evenAnnewasnotsodeeplyinloveastothinkthat.Butitwasverytolerablemagazineverse.AnditwasaddressedtoHER—nottoLauraorBeatriceortheMaidofAthens,buttoher,AnneShirley.Tobetoldinrhythmicalcadencesthathereyeswerestarsofthemorning—thathercheekhadtheflushitstolefromthesunrise—thatherlipswereredderthantherosesofParadise,wasthrillinglyromantic.Gilbertwouldneverhavedreamedofwritingasonnettohereyebrows.Butthen,Gilbertcouldseeajoke.ShehadoncetoldRoyafunnystory—andhehadnotseenthepointofit.SherecalledthechummylaughsheandGilberthadhadtogetheroverit,andwondereduneasilyiflifewithamanwhohadnosenseofhumormightnotbesomewhatuninterestinginthelongrun

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