`` I 'm real glad you like it . Take as much as you want . I 'm going to run out and stir the fire up . There are so many responsibilities on a person 's mind when they 're keeping house , is n't there ? '' When Anne came back from the kitchen Diana was drinking her second glassful of cordial ; and , being entreated thereto by Anne , she offered no particular objection to the drinking of a third . The tumblerfuls were generous ones and the raspberry cordial was certainly very nice . `` The nicest I ever drank , '' said Diana . `` It 's ever so much nicer than Mrs. Lynde 's , although she brags of hers so much . It does n't taste a bit like hers . '' `` I should think Marilla 's raspberry cordial would prob ` ly be much nicer than Mrs. Lynde 's , '' said Anne loyally . `` Marilla is a famous cook . She is trying to teach me to cook but I assure you , Diana , it is uphill work . There 's so little scope for imagination in cookery . You just have to go by rules . The last time I made a cake I forgot to put the flour in . I was thinking the loveliest story about you and me , Diana . I thought you were desperately ill with smallpox and everybody deserted you , but I went boldly to your bedside and nursed you back to life ; and then I took the smallpox and died and I was buried under those poplar trees in the graveyard and you planted a rosebush by my grave and watered it with your tears ; and you never , never forgot the friend of your youth who sacrificed her life for you . Oh , it was such a pathetic tale , Diana . The tears just rained down over my cheeks while I mixed the cake . But I forgot the flour and the cake was a dismal failure .
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