Anne squirmed off the bed and sat rigidly on a chair beside it , her face swollen and tear-stained and her eyes fixed stubbornly on the floor . `` This is a nice way for you to behave . Anne ! Are n't you ashamed of yourself ? '' `` She had n't any right to call me ugly and redheaded , '' retorted Anne , evasive and defiant . `` You had n't any right to fly into such a fury and talk the way you did to her , Anne . I was ashamed of you -- thoroughly ashamed of you . I wanted you to behave nicely to Mrs. Lynde , and instead of that you have disgraced me . I 'm sure I do n't know why you should lose your temper like that just because Mrs. Lynde said you were red-haired and homely . You say it yourself often enough . '' `` Oh , but there 's such a difference between saying a thing yourself and hearing other people say it , '' wailed Anne . `` You may know a thing is so , but you ca n't help hoping other people do n't quite think it is . I suppose you think I have an awful temper , but I could n't help it . When she said those things something just rose right up in me and choked me . I HAD to fly out at her . '' `` Well , you made a fine exhibition of yourself I must say . Mrs. Lynde will have a nice story to tell about you everywhere -- and she 'll tell it , too . It was a dreadful thing for you to lose your temper like that , Anne . '' `` Just imagine how you would feel if somebody told you to your face that you were skinny and ugly , '' pleaded Anne tearfully . An old remembrance suddenly rose up before Marilla .
She had been a very small child when she had heard one aunt say XXXXX her to another , `` What a pity she is such a dark , homely little thing . ''
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