`` 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 . Then she wept all the way back to Green Gables , where she sorrowfully put the remainder of the raspberry cordial back into the pantry and got tea ready for Matthew and Jerry , with all the zest gone out of the performance . The next day was Sunday and as the rain poured down in torrents from dawn till dusk Anne did not stir abroad from Green Gables . Monday afternoon Marilla sent her down to Mrs. Lynde 's on an errand . In a very short space of time Anne came flying back up the lane with tears rolling down her cheeks . Into the kitchen she dashed and flung herself face downward on the sofa in an agony . `` Whatever has gone wrong now , Anne ? '' queried Marilla in doubt and dismay . `` I do hope you have n't gone and been saucy to Mrs. Lynde again . '' No answer from Anne save more tears and stormier sobs ! `` Anne Shirley , when I ask you a question I want to be answered . Sit right up this very minute and tell me what you are crying about . '' Anne sat up , tragedy personified .
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