I shall have to pay for the damage I 've done , but I would n't mind that if I were only sure they would understand my motive in peeping in at their pantry window . My sole comfort is that the platter is just the kind I want and if Miss Copp will only sell it to me I shall be resigned to what has happened . '' `` What if the Copp girls do n't come home until after night ... or till tomorrow ? '' suggested Diana . `` If they 're not back by sunset you 'll have to go for other assistance , I suppose , '' said Anne reluctantly , `` but you must n't go until you really have to . Oh dear , this is a dreadful predicament . I would n't mind my misfortunes so much if they were romantic , as Mrs. Morgan 's heroines ' always are , but they are always just simply ridiculous . Fancy what the Copp girls will think when they drive into their yard and see a girl 's head and shoulders sticking out of the roof of one of their outhouses . Listen ... is that a wagon ? No , Diana , I believe it is thunder . '' Thunder it was undoubtedly , and Diana , having made a hasty pilgrimage around the house , returned to announce that a very black cloud was rising rapidly in the northwest . `` I believe we 're going to have a heavy thunder-shower , '' she exclaimed in dismay , `` Oh , Anne , what will we do ? '' `` We must prepare for it , '' said Anne tranquilly . A thunderstorm seemed a trifle in comparison with what had already happened . `` You 'd better drive the horse and buggy into that open shed . Fortunately my parasol is in the buggy . Here ... take my hat with you . Marilla told me I was a goose to put on my best hat to come to the Tory Road and she was right , as she always is . '' Diana untied the pony and drove into the shed , just as the first heavy drops of rain fell . There she sat and watched the resulting downpour , which was so thick and heavy that she could hardly see Anne through it , holding the parasol bravely over her bare head .
There was not a great deal of thunder , but XXXXX the best part of an hour the rain came merrily down .
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