What do people who have n't any imagination do when they break their bones , do you suppose , Marilla ? '' Anne had good reason to bless her imagination many a time and oft during the tedious seven weeks that followed . But she was not solely dependent on it . She had many visitors and not a day passed without one or more of the schoolgirls dropping in to bring her flowers and books and tell her all the happenings in the juvenile world of Avonlea . `` Everybody has been so good and kind , Marilla , '' sighed Anne happily , on the day when she could first limp across the floor . `` It is n't very pleasant to be laid up ; but there is a bright side to it , Marilla . You find out how many friends you have . Why , even Superintendent Bell came to see me , and he 's really a very fine man . Not a kindred spirit , of course ; but still I like him and I 'm awfully sorry I ever criticized his prayers . I believe now he really does mean them , only he has got into the habit of saying them as if he did n't . He could get over that if he 'd take a little trouble . I gave him a good broad hint . I told him how hard I tried to make my own little private prayers interesting . He told me all about the time he broke his ankle when he was a boy . It does seem so strange to think of Superintendent Bell ever being a boy . Even my imagination has its limits , for I ca n't imagine THAT . When I try to imagine him as a boy I see him with gray whiskers and spectacles , just as he looks in Sunday school , only small . Now , it 's so easy to imagine Mrs. Allan as a little girl . Mrs. Allan has been to see me fourteen times . Is n't that something to be proud of , Marilla ?
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