`` Dear life and heart , '' said Marilla blankly , `` what does this mean ? Here 's my brooch safe and sound that I thought was at the bottom of Barry 's pond . Whatever did that girl mean by saying she took it and lost it ? I declare I believe Green Gables is bewitched . I remember now that when I took off my shawl Monday afternoon I laid it on the bureau for a minute . I suppose the brooch got caught in it somehow . Well ! '' Marilla betook herself to the east gable , brooch in hand . Anne had cried herself out and was sitting dejectedly by the window . `` Anne Shirley , '' said Marilla solemnly , `` I 've just found my brooch hanging to my black lace shawl . Now I want to know what that rigmarole you told me this morning meant . '' `` Why , you said you 'd keep me here until I confessed , '' returned Anne wearily , `` and so I decided to confess because I was bound to get to the picnic . I thought out a confession last night after I went to bed and made it as interesting as I could . And I said it over and over so that I would n't forget it . But you would n't let me go to the picnic after all , so all my trouble was wasted . '' Marilla had to laugh in spite of herself . But her conscience pricked her . `` Anne , you do beat all ! But I was wrong -- I see that now . I should n't have doubted your word when I 'd never known you to tell a story .
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