Jane Proposes To Anne (Sort Of!)

Anne of the Island by L. M. Montgomery presents Anne Shirley with no less than 5 proposals of marriage, the first being this. No, Jane isn't proposing on her own behalf, but on that of her brother Billy!

"Was it a dream? Was it one of those nightmare things in which you find yourself engaged or married to some one you hate or don’t know, without the slightest idea how it ever came about? No, she, Anne Shirley, was lying there, wide awake, in her own bed, and Jane Andrews was beside her, calmly proposing for her brother Billy. Anne did not know whether she wanted to writhe or laugh; but she could do neither, for Jane’s feelings must not be hurt."

L. M. Montgomery. Anne of the Island (Kindle Locations 968-971). Kindle Edition.

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