And I 've been repenting ever since . '' `` Well , I hope you 'll repent to good purpose , '' said Marilla severely , `` and that you 've got your eyes opened to where your vanity has led you , Anne . Goodness knows what 's to be done . I suppose the first thing is to give your hair a good washing and see if that will do any good . '' Accordingly , Anne washed her hair , scrubbing it vigorously with soap and water , but for all the difference it made she might as well have been scouring its original red . The peddler had certainly spoken the truth when he declared that the dye would n't wash off , however his veracity might be impeached in other respects . `` Oh , Marilla , what shall I do ? '' questioned Anne in tears . `` I can never live this down . People have pretty well forgotten my other mistakes -- the liniment cake and setting Diana drunk and flying into a temper with Mrs. Lynde . But they 'll never forget this . They will think I am not respectable . Oh , Marilla , ` what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive . ' That is poetry , but it is true . And oh , how Josie Pye will laugh ! Marilla , I CAN NOT face Josie Pye . I am the unhappiest girl in Prince Edward Island . '' Anne 's unhappiness continued for a week . During that time she went nowhere and shampooed her hair every day . Diana alone of outsiders knew the fatal secret , but she promised solemnly never to tell , and it may be stated here and now that she kept her word .
At the end XXXXX the week Marilla said decidedly : `` It 's no use , Anne .
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