`` It 'll ruin her teeth and stomach . There , there , child , do n't look so dismal . You can eat those , since Matthew has gone and got them . He 'd better have brought you peppermints . They 're wholesomer . Do n't sicken yourself eating all them at once now . '' `` Oh , no , indeed , I wo n't , '' said Anne eagerly . `` I 'll just eat one tonight , Marilla . And I can give Diana half of them , ca n't I ? The other half will taste twice as sweet to me if I give some to her . It 's delightful to think I have something to give her . '' `` I will say it for the child , '' said Marilla when Anne had gone to her gable , `` she is n't stingy . I 'm glad , for of all faults I detest stinginess in a child . Dear me , it 's only three weeks since she came , and it seems as if she 'd been here always . I ca n't imagine the place without her . Now , do n't be looking I told-you-so , Matthew . That 's bad enough in a woman , but it is n't to be endured in a man . I 'm perfectly willing to own up that I 'm glad I consented to keep the child and that I 'm getting fond of her , but do n't you rub it in , Matthew Cuthbert . '' CHAPTER XIII . The Delights of Anticipation `` It 's time Anne was in to do her sewing , '' said Marilla , glancing at the clock and then out into the yellow August afternoon where everything drowsed in the heat .
`` She stayed playing with Diana more than half an hour more 'n I gave her leave XXXXX ; and now she 's perched out there on the woodpile talking to Matthew , nineteen to the dozen , when she knows perfectly well she ought to be at her work .
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