`` 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 Marilla again : `` I think you ought to let Anne go , Marilla . '' For a moment Marilla looked things not lawful to be uttered . Then she yielded to the inevitable and said tartly : `` Very well , she can go , since nothing else 'll please you . '' Anne flew out of the pantry , dripping dishcloth in hand . `` Oh , Marilla , Marilla , say those blessed words again . ''
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