Chapter 35

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forward to—a whole winter of studies and classes. And here we are, with the exams looming up next week. Girls, sometimes I feel as if those exams meant everything, but when I look at the big buds swelling on those chestnut trees(begin subscript) ^(end subscript)(begin superscript)and the misty blue air at the end of the streets(end superscript) they don’t seem half so important.”

(begin strikethrough)”(end strikethrough)Jane and Ruby and Josie, who had dropped in, did not take this view of it. To them the coming examinations were very important indeed—far more important than chestnut buds or May-time hazes. It was all very well for Anne, who was sure of passing at least, to have her moments of belittling them, but when your whole future depended on them you could —as the girls truly thought theirs did—you could not regard them philosophically.

“I’ve lost seven pounds in the last two weeks,” sighed Jane. “It’s no use to say don’t worry. I can’t keep I will