Douglas Hofmann midnight blue painting

Douglas Hofmann midnight blue painting
Douglas Hofmann Jessica painting
You couldn't possibly be sensible and useful, Phil, so you'd better pine away and die," said Anne cruelly.
"Heartless Anne!"
"Silly Phil! You know quite well that Jonas loves you."
"But -- he won't TELL me so. And I can't MAKE him. He LOOKS it, I'll admit. But speak-to-me-only-with-thine-eyes isn't a really reliable reason for embroidering doilies and hemstitching tablecloths. I don't want to begin such work until I'm really engaged. It would be tempting Fate."
"Mr. Blake is afraid to ask you to marry him, Phil. He is poor and can't offer you a home such as you've always had. You know that is the only reason he hasn't spoken long ago."
"I suppose so," agreed Phil dolefully. "Well" -- brightening up -- "if he WON'T ask me to marry him I'll ask him, that's all. So it's bound to come right. I won't worry. By the way, Gilbert Blythe is going about constantly with Christine Stuart. Did you know?"