"She was a very pretty little girl, with her mother's black eyes and hair, and rosy cheeks, and the merry expression which was her inheritance from her father."

When we see Diana & Anne win the two-legged race you very well know that her and Anne are going to be Kindred Spirits for life. Diana was a good character in the novels. She was the confidant of Anne Shirley. She was a little stuck-up at times, but that was part of her personality.

"Diana, will you swear to be my Bosom Friend forever?" "But mother says it's wicked to swear." "Well I guess it's not a swear, but a promise." "Will you do it?" "Alright." "I, Anne Shirley, solomnly swear to be forver faithful to my bosom friend Diana Barry, as long as the sun and moon shall endure." "Now you say it." "I, Diana Barry, solomnly swear, to be forever faithful to my bosom friend, Anne Shirley, as long as the sun and moon--" "Shall endure." "Shall endure."