'You will never be silly enough to give him up, though,' said Elizabeth.
'Silly, do you call it?' said Helen.
'People think so differently on those matters,' said Anne.
'Yes, but a "spirit full of glee" is what I think the most delightful thing in the world,' said Elizabeth, 'and so do you.'
'Yes, in old age, when its blitheness has been proved to be something beyond animal spirits,' said Anne.
'And it is right that people should have animal spirits in their youth,' said Elizabeth, 'not grey heads on green shoulders, like some people of my acquaintance.—Do not be affronted, Helen; I dare say your head will grow greener all your life, it is better to-day than it was on Saturday morning.'
'But the worst of it is,' said Anne, 'that I believe it is very silly of me, but I am afraid Uncle Woodbourne has always thought me a most foolish girl ever since, and I do not like the idea of it.'
'Who would?' said Elizabeth; 'I am afraid I cannot tell you what he thinks of your sense, but of this I am sure, that he must think you the choicest damsel of his acquaintance, and wish his daughters were more like you.'
'And there could not have been the same meaning in his eye when he looked at you, as when he looked at Harriet,' said Helen.
'Oh no, I hope not,' said Anne.