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Chapter XXXV. The Winter at Queen’s

           Boysweretoher,whenshethoughtaboutthematall,merelypossiblegoodcomrades.IfsheandGilberthadbeenfriendsshewouldnothavecaredhowmanyotherfriendshehadnorwithwhomhewalked.Shehadageniusforfriendship;girlfriendsshehadinplenty;butshehadavagueconsciousnessthatmasculinefriendshipmightalsobeagoodthingtoroundoutone’sconceptionsofcompanionshipandfurnishbroaderstandpointsofjudgmentandcomparison.NotthatAnnecouldhaveputherfeelingsonthematterintojustsuchcleardefinition.ButshethoughtthatifGilberthadeverwalkedhomewithherfromthetrain,overthecrispfieldsandalongthefernybyways,theymighthavehadmanyandmerryandinterestingconversationsaboutthenewworldthatwasopeningaroundthemandtheirhopesandambitionstherein.Gilbertwasacleveryoungfellow,withhisownthoughtsaboutthingsandadeterminationtogetthebestoutoflifeandputthebestintoit.RubyGillistoldJaneAndrewsthatshedidn’tunderstandhalfthethingsGilbertBlythesaid;hetalkedjustlikeAnneShirleydidwhenshehadathoughtfulfitonandforherpartshedidn’tthinkitanyfuntobebotheringaboutbooksandthatsortofthingwhenyoudidn’thaveto.FrankStockleyhadlotsmoredashandgo,butthenhewasn’thalfasgood-lookingasGilbertandshereallycouldn’tdecidewhichshelikedbest!

           IntheAcademyAnnegraduallydrewalittlecircleoffriendsabouther,thoughtful,imaginative,ambitiousstudentslikeherself.

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