Anne looked on the second shelf of the room pantry but there was no bottle of raspberry cordial there . Search revealed it away back on the top shelf . Anne put it on a tray and set it on the table with a tumbler . `` Now , please help yourself , Diana , '' she said politely . `` I do n't believe I 'll have any just now . I do n't feel as if I wanted any after all those apples . '' Diana poured herself out a tumblerful , looked at its bright-red hue admiringly , and then sipped it daintily . `` That 's awfully nice raspberry cordial , Anne , '' she said . `` I did n't know raspberry cordial was so nice . '' `` I 'm real glad you like it . Take as much as you want . I 'm going to run out and stir the fire up . There are so many responsibilities on a person 's mind when they 're keeping house , is n't there ? '' When Anne came back from the kitchen Diana was drinking her second glassful of cordial ; and , being entreated thereto by Anne , she offered no particular objection to the drinking of a third . The tumblerfuls were generous ones and the raspberry cordial was certainly very nice . `` The nicest I ever drank , '' said Diana . `` It 's ever so much nicer than Mrs. Lynde 's , although she brags of hers so much . It does n't taste a bit like hers . '' `` I should think Marilla 's raspberry cordial would prob ` ly be much nicer than Mrs. Lynde 's , '' said Anne loyally . `` Marilla is a famous cook .
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