Her face hardened . Mrs. Barry was a woman of strong prejudices and dislikes , and her anger was of the cold , sullen sort which is always hardest to overcome . To do her justice , she really believed Anne had made Diana drunk out of sheer malice prepense , and she was honestly anxious to preserve her little daughter from the contamination of further intimacy with such a child . `` What do you want ? '' she said stiffly . Anne clasped her hands . `` Oh , Mrs. Barry , please forgive me . I did not mean to -- to -- intoxicate Diana . How could I ? Just imagine if you were a poor little orphan girl that kind people had adopted and you had just one bosom friend in all the world . Do you think you would intoxicate her on purpose ? I thought it was only raspberry cordial . I was firmly convinced it was raspberry cordial . Oh , please do n't say that you wo n't let Diana play with me any more . If you do you will cover my life with a dark cloud of woe . '' This speech which would have softened good Mrs. Lynde 's heart in a twinkling , had no effect on Mrs. Barry except to irritate her still more . She was suspicious of Anne 's big words and dramatic gestures and imagined that the child was making fun of her . So she said , coldly and cruelly : `` I do n't think you are a fit little girl for Diana to associate with . You 'd better go home and behave yourself . '' Anne 's lips quivered .
`` Wo n't you let me see Diana just once XXXXX say farewell ? ''
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