It would have been such a romantic experience to have been nearly drowned . It would be such a thrilling tale to tell . And we had the ice cream . Words fail me to describe that ice cream . Marilla , I assure you it was sublime . '' That evening Marilla told the whole story to Matthew over her stocking basket . `` I 'm willing to own up that I made a mistake , '' she concluded candidly , `` but I 've learned a lesson . I have to laugh when I think of Anne 's ` confession , ' although I suppose I should n't for it really was a falsehood . But it does n't seem as bad as the other would have been , somehow , and anyhow I 'm responsible for it . That child is hard to understand in some respects . But I believe she 'll turn out all right yet . And there 's one thing certain , no house will ever be dull that she 's in . '' CHAPTER XV . A Tempest in the School Teapot `` What a splendid day ! '' said Anne , drawing a long breath . `` Is n't it good just to be alive on a day like this ? I pity the people who are n't born yet for missing it . They may have good days , of course , but they can never have this one . And it 's splendider still to have such a lovely way to go to school by , is n't it ? '' `` It 's a lot nicer than going round by the road ; that is so dusty and hot , '' said Diana practically , peeping into her dinner basket and mentally calculating if the three juicy , toothsome , raspberry tarts reposing there were divided among ten girls how many bites each girl would have .
The little girls of Avonlea school always pooled their lunches , and XXXXX eat three raspberry tarts all alone or even to share them only with one 's best chum would have forever and ever branded as `` awful mean '' the girl who did it .
Marilla Matthew although as days for in of that to