In three minutes every pane in the west and north windows was broken and the hail poured in through the apertures covering the floor with stones , the smallest of which was as big as a hen 's egg . For three quarters of an hour the storm raged unabated and no one who underwent it ever forgot it . Marilla , for once in her life shaken out of her composure by sheer terror , knelt by her rocking chair in a corner of the kitchen , gasping and sobbing between the deafening thunder peals . Anne , white as paper , had dragged the sofa away from the window and sat on it with a twin on either side . Davy at the first crash had howled , `` Anne , Anne , is it the Judgment Day ? Anne , Anne , I never meant to be naughty , '' and then had buried his face in Anne 's lap and kept it there , his little body quivering . Dora , somewhat pale but quite composed , sat with her hand clasped in Anne 's , quiet and motionless . It is doubtful if an earthquake would have disturbed Dora . Then , almost as suddenly as it began , the storm ceased . The hail stopped , the thunder rolled and muttered away to the eastward , and the sun burst out merry and radiant over a world so changed that it seemed an absurd thing to think that a scant three quarters of an hour could have effected such a transformation . Marilla rose from her knees , weak and trembling , and dropped on her rocker . Her face was haggard and she looked ten years older . `` Have we all come out of that alive ? '' she asked solemnly . `` You bet we have , '' piped Davy cheerfully , quite his own man again . `` I was n't a bit scared either ... only just at the first . It come on a fellow so sudden . I made up my mind quick as a wink that I would n't fight Teddy Sloane Monday as I 'd promised ; but now maybe I will . Say , Dora , was you scared ? '' `` Yes , I was a little scared , '' said Dora primly , `` but I held tight to Anne 's hand and said my prayers over and over again . ''
`` Well , I 'd have said my prayers too if I 'd have thought of it , '' said Davy ; `` but , '' he added triumphantly , `` you see I came through just as safe XXXXX you for all I did n't say them . ''
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