And I 'll be sure to say ' I seen . ' I have n't often said it since Miss Stacy taught here ; but in moments of excitement it 's sure to pop out . Anne , if I were to say ' I seen ' before Mrs. Morgan I 'd die of mortification . And it would be almost as bad to have nothing to say . '' `` I 'm nervous about a good many things , '' said Anne , `` but I do n't think there is much fear that I wo n't be able to talk . '' And , to do her justice , there was n't . Anne shrouded her muslin glories in a big apron and went down to concoct her soup . Marilla had dressed herself and the twins , and looked more excited than she had ever been known to look before . At half past twelve the Allans and Miss Stacy came . Everything was going well but Anne was beginning to feel nervous . It was surely time for Priscilla and Mrs. Morgan to arrive . She made frequent trips to the gate and looked as anxiously down the lane as ever her namesake in the Bluebeard story peered from the tower casement . `` Suppose they do n't come at all ? '' she said piteously . `` Do n't suppose it . It would be too mean , '' said Diana , who , however , was beginning to have uncomfortable misgivings on the subject . `` Anne , '' said Marilla , coming out from the parlor , `` Miss Stacy wants to see Miss Barry 's willowware platter . '' Anne hastened to the sitting room closet to get the platter . She had , in accordance with her promise to Mrs. Lynde , written to Miss Barry of Charlottetown , asking for the loan of it . Miss Barry was an old friend of Anne 's , and she promptly sent the platter out , with a letter exhorting Anne to be very careful of it , for she had paid twenty dollars for it .
The platter had served its purpose at the Aid bazaar and had then been returned to the Green Gables closet , for Anne would not trust anybody but herself XXXXX take it back to town .
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