Take off your boots now and go to bed . It 's past eight . '' `` There 's just one more thing , Marilla , '' said Anne , with the air of producing the last shot in her locker . `` Mrs. Barry told Diana that we might sleep in the spare-room bed . Think of the honor of your little Anne being put in the spare-room bed . '' `` It 's an honor you 'll have to get along without . Go to bed , Anne , and do n't let me hear another word out of you . '' When Anne , with tears rolling over her cheeks , had gone sorrowfully upstairs , Matthew , who had been apparently sound asleep on the lounge during the whole dialogue , opened his eyes and said decidedly : `` Well now , Marilla , I think you ought to let Anne go . '' `` I do n't then , '' retorted Marilla . `` 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 XXXXX it better than you , Matthew . ''
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