Chapter 32

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log bridge, and up the slope, with a fluttering newspaper in her hand.

Anne s Anne sprang to her feet, knowing at once what the paper contained. The pass list was out! Her head whirled and her heart beat until it hurt her. She could not move a step. It seemed an hour to her before Diana came rushing along the hall and burst into the room without even knocking, so great was her excitement.

“Anne, you’ve passed,” she said, “passed the very first—you and Gilbert both—you’re ties—but your name is first. Oh, I’m so proud!”

Diana flung the paper on the table and herself on Anne’s bed, utterly breathless and incapable of further speech. Anne Anne lighted the lamp, over-setting the match-safe and using up half a dozen matches before her