Anne sighed . `` But you have such strength of mind , Marilla . I have n't . I just felt that I could n't bear Josie Pye 's scorn . She would have crowed over me all my life . And I think I have been punished so much that you need n't be very cross with me , Marilla . It 's not a bit nice to faint , after all . And the doctor hurt me dreadfully when he was setting my ankle . I wo n't be able to go around for six or seven weeks and I 'll miss the new lady teacher . She wo n't be new any more by the time I 'm able to go to school . And Gil -- everybody will get ahead of me in class . Oh , I am an afflicted mortal . But I 'll try to bear it all bravely if only you wo n't be cross with me , Marilla . '' `` There , there , I 'm not cross , '' said Marilla . `` You 're an unlucky child , there 's no doubt about that ; but as you say , you 'll have the suffering of it . Here now , try and eat some supper . '' `` Is n't it fortunate I 've got such an imagination ? '' said Anne . `` It will help me through splendidly , I expect . What do people who have n't any imagination do when they break their bones , do you suppose , Marilla ? ''
Anne had good reason to bless her imagination many a time and oft during the tedious seven XXXXX that followed .
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