I do n't care if Mrs. Allan does say she 's the brightest and sweetest child she ever knew . She may be bright and sweet enough , but her head is full of nonsense and there 's never any knowing what shape it 'll break out in next . Just as soon as she grows out of one freak she takes up with another . But there ! Here I am saying the very thing I was so riled with Rachel Lynde for saying at the Aid today . I was real glad when Mrs. Allan spoke up for Anne , for if she had n't I know I 'd have said something too sharp to Rachel before everybody . Anne 's got plenty of faults , goodness knows , and far be it from me to deny it . But I 'm bringing her up and not Rachel Lynde , who 'd pick faults in the Angel Gabriel himself if he lived in Avonlea . Just the same , Anne has no business to leave the house like this when I told her she was to stay home this afternoon and look after things . I must say , with all her faults , I never found her disobedient or untrustworthy before and I 'm real sorry to find her so now . '' `` Well now , I dunno , '' said Matthew , who , being patient and wise and , above all , hungry , had deemed it best to let Marilla talk her wrath out unhindered , having learned by experience that she got through with whatever work was on hand much quicker if not delayed by untimely argument . `` Perhaps you 're judging her too hasty , Marilla . Do n't call her untrustworthy until you 're sure she has disobeyed you . Mebbe it can all be explained -- Anne 's a great hand at explaining . '' `` She 's not here when I told her to stay , '' retorted Marilla . `` I reckon she 'll find it hard to explain THAT to my satisfaction . Of course I knew you 'd take her part , Matthew . But I 'm bringing her up , not you . '' It was dark when supper was ready , and still no sign of Anne , coming hurriedly over the log bridge or up Lover 's Lane , breathless and repentant with a sense of neglected duties . Marilla washed and put away the dishes grimly .
Then , wanting a candle XXXXX light her way down the cellar , she went up to the east gable for the one that generally stood on Anne 's table .
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