`` I 'm -- I 'm awful sick , '' she said , a little thickly . `` I -- I -- must go right home . '' `` Oh , you must n't dream of going home without your tea , '' cried Anne in distress . `` I 'll get it right off -- I 'll go and put the tea down this very minute . '' `` I must go home , '' repeated Diana , stupidly but determinedly . `` Let me get you a lunch anyhow , '' implored Anne . `` Let me give you a bit of fruit cake and some of the cherry preserves . Lie down on the sofa for a little while and you 'll be better . Where do you feel bad ? '' `` I must go home , '' said Diana , and that was all she would say . In vain Anne pleaded . `` I never heard of company going home without tea , '' she mourned . `` Oh , Diana , do you suppose that it 's possible you 're really taking the smallpox ? If you are I 'll go and nurse you , you can depend on that . I 'll never forsake you . But I do wish you 'd stay till after tea . Where do you feel bad ? '' `` I 'm awful dizzy , '' said Diana . And indeed , she walked very dizzily . Anne , with tears of disappointment in her eyes , got Diana 's hat and went with her as far as the Barry yard fence .
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