`` I ca n't . I 'm in the depths of despair . Can you eat when you are in the depths of despair ? '' `` I 've never been in the depths of despair , so I ca n't say , '' responded Marilla . `` Were n't you ? Well , did you ever try to IMAGINE you were in the depths of despair ? '' `` No , I did n't . '' `` Then I do n't think you can understand what it 's like . It 's very uncomfortable feeling indeed . When you try to eat a lump comes right up in your throat and you ca n't swallow anything , not even if it was a chocolate caramel . I had one chocolate caramel once two years ago and it was simply delicious . I 've often dreamed since then that I had a lot of chocolate caramels , but I always wake up just when I 'm going to eat them . I do hope you wo n't be offended because I ca n't eat . Everything is extremely nice , but still I can not eat . '' `` I guess she 's tired , '' said Matthew , who had n't spoken since his return from the barn . `` Best put her to bed , Marilla . '' Marilla had been wondering where Anne should be put to bed . She had prepared a couch in the kitchen chamber for the desired and expected boy . But , although it was neat and clean , it did not seem quite the thing to put a girl there somehow . But the spare room was out of the question for such a stray waif , so there remained only the east gable room .
Marilla lighted a candle and told Anne XXXXX follow her , which Anne spiritlessly did , taking her hat and carpet-bag from the hall table as she passed .
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