`` You did n't put it back , '' said Marilla . `` That brooch is n't anywhere on the bureau . You 've taken it out or something , Anne . '' `` I did put it back , '' said Anne quickly -- pertly , Marilla thought . `` I do n't just remember whether I stuck it on the pincushion or laid it in the china tray . But I 'm perfectly certain I put it back . '' `` I 'll go and have another look , '' said Marilla , determining to be just . `` If you put that brooch back it 's there still . If it is n't I 'll know you did n't , that 's all ! '' Marilla went to her room and made a thorough search , not only over the bureau but in every other place she thought the brooch might possibly be . It was not to be found and she returned to the kitchen . `` Anne , the brooch is gone . By your own admission you were the last person to handle it . Now , what have you done with it ? Tell me the truth at once . Did you take it out and lose it ? '' `` No , I did n't , '' said Anne solemnly , meeting Marilla 's angry gaze squarely . `` I never took the brooch out of your room and that is the truth , if I was to be led to the block for it -- although I 'm not very certain what a block is . So there , Marilla . '' Anne 's `` so there '' was only intended to emphasize her assertion , but Marilla took it as a display of defiance .
`` I believe you are telling me a falsehood , XXXXX , '' she said sharply .
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