`` You do n't want me because I 'm not a boy ! I might have expected it . Nobody ever did want me . I might have known it was all too beautiful to last . I might have known nobody really did want me . Oh , what shall I do ? I 'm going to burst into tears ! '' Burst into tears she did . Sitting down on a chair by the table , flinging her arms out upon it , and burying her face in them , she proceeded to cry stormily . Marilla and Matthew looked at each other deprecatingly across the stove . Neither of them knew what to say or do . Finally Marilla stepped lamely into the breach . `` Well , well , there 's no need to cry so about it . '' `` Yes , there IS need ! '' The child raised her head quickly , revealing a tear-stained face and trembling lips . `` YOU would cry , too , if you were an orphan and had come to a place you thought was going to be home and found that they did n't want you because you were n't a boy . Oh , this is the most TRAGICAL thing that ever happened to me ! '' Something like a reluctant smile , rather rusty from long disuse , mellowed Marilla 's grim expression . `` Well , do n't cry any more . We 're not going to turn you out-of-doors to-night .
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