I should have said , ` Amen ' in place of ` yours respectfully , ' should n't I ? -- the way the ministers do . I 'd forgotten it , but I felt a prayer should be finished off in some way , so I put in the other . Do you suppose it will make any difference ? '' `` I -- I do n't suppose it will , '' said Marilla . `` Go to sleep now like a good child . Good night . '' `` I can only say good night tonight with a clear conscience , '' said Anne , cuddling luxuriously down among her pillows . Marilla retreated to the kitchen , set the candle firmly on the table , and glared at Matthew . `` Matthew Cuthbert , it 's about time somebody adopted that child and taught her something . She 's next door to a perfect heathen . Will you believe that she never said a prayer in her life till tonight ? I 'll send her to the manse tomorrow and borrow the Peep of the Day series , that 's what I 'll do . And she shall go to Sunday-school just as soon as I can get some suitable clothes made for her . I foresee that I shall have my hands full . Well , well , we ca n't get through this world without our share of trouble . I 've had a pretty easy life of it so far , but my time has come at last and I suppose I 'll just have to make the best of it . '' CHAPTER VIII . Anne 's Bringing-up Is Begun For reasons best known to herself , Marilla did not tell Anne that she was to stay at Green Gables until the next afternoon . During the forenoon she kept the child busy with various tasks and watched over her with a keen eye while she did them .
By noon she had concluded XXXXX Anne was smart and obedient , willing to work and quick to learn ; her most serious shortcoming seemed to be a tendency to fall into daydreams in the middle of a task and forget all about it until such time as she was sharply recalled to earth by a reprimand or a catastrophe .
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