Think of the honor of your little Anne being put in the spare-room bed . '' `` It 's an honor you 'll have to get along without . Go to bed , Anne , and do n't let me hear another word out of you . '' When Anne , with tears rolling over her cheeks , had gone sorrowfully upstairs , Matthew , who had been apparently sound asleep on the lounge during the whole dialogue , opened his eyes and said decidedly : `` Well now , Marilla , I think you ought to let Anne go . '' `` I do n't then , '' retorted Marilla . `` Who 's bringing this child up , Matthew , you or me ? '' `` Well now , you , '' admitted Matthew . `` Do n't interfere then . '' `` Well now , I ai n't interfering . It ai n't interfering to have your own opinion . And my opinion is that you ought to let Anne go . '' `` You 'd think I ought to let Anne go to the moon if she took the notion , I 've no doubt '' was Marilla 's amiable rejoinder . `` I might have let her spend the night with Diana , if that was all . But I do n't approve of this concert plan . She 'd go there and catch cold like as not , and have her head filled up with nonsense and excitement . It would unsettle her for a week . I understand that child 's disposition and what 's good for it better than you , Matthew . '' `` I think you ought to let Anne go , '' repeated Matthew firmly . Argument was not his strong point , but holding fast to his opinion certainly was . Marilla gave a gasp of helplessness and took refuge in silence .
The next morning , when Anne was washing the breakfast dishes in the pantry , Matthew paused on his way out to the barn to say to XXXXX again : `` I think you ought to let Anne go , Marilla . ''
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