Marilla , that is the first compliment I have ever had in my life and you ca n't imagine what a strange feeling it gave me . Marilla , have I really a pretty nose ? I know you 'll tell me the truth . '' `` Your nose is well enough , '' said Marilla shortly . Secretly she thought Anne 's nose was a remarkable pretty one ; but she had no intention of telling her so . That was three weeks ago and all had gone smoothly so far . And now , this crisp September morning , Anne and Diana were tripping blithely down the Birch Path , two of the happiest little girls in Avonlea . `` I guess Gilbert Blythe will be in school today , '' said Diana . `` He 's been visiting his cousins over in New Brunswick all summer and he only came home Saturday night . He 's AW ` FLY handsome , Anne . And he teases the girls something terrible . He just torments our lives out . '' Diana 's voice indicated that she rather liked having her life tormented out than not . `` Gilbert Blythe ? '' said Anne . `` Is n't his name that 's written up on the porch wall with Julia Bell 's and a big ` Take Notice ' over them ? '' `` Yes , '' said Diana , tossing her head , `` but I 'm sure he does n't like Julia Bell so very much . I 've heard him say he studied the multiplication table by her freckles . '' `` Oh , do n't speak about freckles to me , '' implored Anne . `` It is n't delicate when I 've got so many .
But I do think that writing take-notices up on the wall about the boys and XXXXX is the silliest ever .
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