`` If you mean , '' said Rilla miserably , `` that I would not be apologizing to you if it were not for the concert perhaps that is true . But it is also true that I have felt ever since it happened that I should not have said what I did and that I have been sorry for it all winter . That is all I can say . If you feel you ca n't forgive me I suppose there is nothing more to be said . '' `` Oh , Rilla dear , do n't snap me up like that , '' pleaded Irene . `` Of course I 'll forgive you -- though I did feel awfully about it -- how awfully I hope you 'll never know . I cried for weeks over it . And I had n't said or done a thing ! '' Rilla choked back a retort . After all , there was no use in arguing with Irene , and the Belgians were starving . `` Do n't you think you can help us with the concert , '' she forced herself to say . Oh , if only Irene would stop looking at that boot ! Rilla could just hear her giving Olive Kirk an account of it . `` I do n't see how I really can at the last moment like this , '' protested Irene . `` There is n't time to learn anything new . '' `` Oh , you have lots of lovely songs that nobody in the Glen ever heard before , '' said Rilla , who knew Irene had been going to town all winter for lessons and that this was only a pretext . `` They will all be new down there . '' `` But I have no accompanist , '' protested Irene . `` Una Meredith can accompany you , '' said Rilla . `` Oh , I could n't ask her , '' sighed Irene .
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