That old black shawl of your mother 's will be just the thing , Diana . '' The black shawl having been procured , Anne spread it over the flat and then lay down on the bottom , with closed eyes and hands folded over her breast . `` Oh , she does look really dead , '' whispered Ruby Gillis nervously , watching the still , white little face under the flickering shadows of the birches . `` It makes me feel frightened , girls . Do you suppose it 's really right to act like this ? Mrs. Lynde says that all play-acting is abominably wicked . '' `` Ruby , you should n't talk about Mrs. Lynde , '' said Anne severely . `` It spoils the effect because this is hundreds of years before Mrs. Lynde was born . Jane , you arrange this . It 's silly for Elaine to be talking when she 's dead . '' Jane rose to the occasion . Cloth of gold for coverlet there was none , but an old piano scarf of yellow Japanese crepe was an excellent substitute . A white lily was not obtainable just then , but the effect of a tall blue iris placed in one of Anne 's folded hands was all that could be desired . `` Now , she 's all ready , '' said Jane . `` We must kiss her quiet brows and , Diana , you say , ` Sister , farewell forever , ' and Ruby , you say , ` Farewell , sweet sister , ' both of you as sorrowfully as you possibly can . Anne , for goodness sake smile a little . You know Elaine ` lay as though she smiled . ' That 's better . Now push the flat off . '' The flat was accordingly pushed off , scraping roughly over an old embedded stake in the process .
Diana and Jane and Ruby only waited long enough to see it caught in the current and headed for the bridge before scampering up through the woods , across the road , and down XXXXX the lower headland where , as Lancelot and Guinevere and the King , they were to be in readiness to receive the lily maid .
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