If she does n't like you it wo n't matter how much Diana does . If she has heard about your outburst to Mrs. Lynde and going to church with buttercups round your hat I do n't know what she 'll think of you . You must be polite and well behaved , and do n't make any of your startling speeches . For pity 's sake , if the child is n't actually trembling ! '' Anne WAS trembling . Her face was pale and tense . `` Oh , Marilla , you 'd be excited , too , if you were going to meet a little girl you hoped to be your bosom friend and whose mother might n't like you , '' she said as she hastened to get her hat . They went over to Orchard Slope by the short cut across the brook and up the firry hill grove . Mrs. Barry came to the kitchen door in answer to Marilla 's knock . She was a tall black-eyed , black-haired woman , with a very resolute mouth . She had the reputation of being very strict with her children . `` How do you do , Marilla ? '' she said cordially . `` Come in . And this is the little girl you have adopted , I suppose ? '' `` Yes , this is Anne Shirley , '' said Marilla . `` Spelled with an E , '' gasped Anne , who , tremulous and excited as she was , was determined there should be no misunderstanding on that important point . Mrs. Barry , not hearing or not comprehending , merely shook hands and said kindly : `` How are you ? '' `` I am well in body although considerable rumpled up in spirit , thank you ma'am , '' said Anne gravely . Then aside to Marilla in an audible whisper , `` There was n't anything startling in that , was there , Marilla ? ''
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