I 'm afraid I 'm going to be a dreadful trial to you . Maybe you 'd better send me back to the asylum . That would be terrible ; I do n't think I could endure it ; most likely I would go into consumption ; I 'm so thin as it is , you see . But that would be better than being a trial to you . '' `` Nonsense , '' said Marilla , vexed at herself for having made the child cry . `` I do n't want to send you back to the asylum , I 'm sure . All I want is that you should behave like other little girls and not make yourself ridiculous . Do n't cry any more . I 've got some news for you . Diana Barry came home this afternoon . I 'm going up to see if I can borrow a skirt pattern from Mrs. Barry , and if you like you can come with me and get acquainted with Diana . '' Anne rose to her feet , with clasped hands , the tears still glistening on her cheeks ; the dish towel she had been hemming slipped unheeded to the floor . `` Oh , Marilla , I 'm frightened -- now that it has come I 'm actually frightened . What if she should n't like me ! It would be the most tragical disappointment of my life . '' `` Now , do n't get into a fluster . And I do wish you would n't use such long words . It sounds so funny in a little girl . I guess Diana 'll like you well enough . It 's her mother you 've got to reckon with .
If she does n't like you it wo n't matter how much XXXXX does .
Anne Barry Diana Marilla afternoon feet fluster hands mother tears