Her heart must have beat and her hands must have got cold , like mine did when I asked you if I could stay . She was afraid He might n't notice her . But it 's likely He did , do n't you think ? I 've been trying to imagine it all out -- her edging a little nearer all the time until she was quite close to Him ; and then He would look at her and put His hand on her hair and oh , such a thrill of joy as would run over her ! But I wish the artist had n't painted Him so sorrowful looking . All His pictures are like that , if you 've noticed . But I do n't believe He could really have looked so sad or the children would have been afraid of Him . '' `` Anne , '' said Marilla , wondering why she had not broken into this speech long before , `` you should n't talk that way . It 's irreverent -- positively irreverent . '' Anne 's eyes marveled . `` Why , I felt just as reverent as could be . I 'm sure I did n't mean to be irreverent . '' `` Well I do n't suppose you did -- but it does n't sound right to talk so familiarly about such things . And another thing , Anne , when I send you after something you 're to bring it at once and not fall into mooning and imagining before pictures . Remember that . Take that card and come right to the kitchen . Now , sit down in the corner and learn that prayer off by heart . '' Anne set the card up against the jugful of apple blossoms she had brought in to decorate the dinner-table -- Marilla had eyed that decoration askance , but had said nothing -- propped her chin on her hands , and fell to studying it intently for several silent minutes . `` I like this , '' she announced at length . `` It 's beautiful .
I 've heard it before -- I heard the superintendent XXXXX the asylum Sunday school say it over once .
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