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Anne woke three ties to hertotrue Finally thedawned pearly and lustrous in a sky full of silver sheen and radiance, and the wonderful day had arrived

Diana appeared soon after breakfast, with a basket of flowers over one arm and HER muslin dress over the otherfor it would not do to don it until all the dinner preparations were completed Meanwhile she wore her afternoon pink print and a lawn apron fearfully and wonderfully ruffled and frilled; and very neat and pretty and rosy she was

"You look sihed

"But I've had to let out every one of h four pounds an's heroines are all tall and slender"

"Well, let's forget our troubles and think of our aily "Mrs Allan says that whenever we think of anything that is a trial to us we should also think of sohtly too pluot the dearest dimples; and if I have a freckled nose the SHAPE of it is all right Do you think the leood?"

"Yes, I really think it did," said Diana critically; and, arden, which was full of airy shadows and wavering golden lights

"We'll decorate the parlor first We have plenty of time, for Priscilla said they'd be here about twelve or half past at the latest, so we'll have dinner at one"

There irls somewhere in Canada or the United States at that moment, but I doubt it Every snip of the scissors, as rose and peony and bluebell fell, see today" Anne wondered how Mr Harrison COULD go on placidlywere going to happen

The parlor at Green Gables was a rather severe and glooid horsehair furniture, stiff lace curtains, and white antile, except at such ti to unfortunate people's buttons Even Anne had never been able to infuse race into it, for Marilla would not permit any alterations But it is wonderful what flowers can accoive them a fair chance; when Anne and Diana finished with the roonized it