`` There was only HER . '' He nodded at the child , remembering that he had never even asked her name . `` No boy ! But there MUST have been a boy , '' insisted Marilla . `` We sent word to Mrs. Spencer to bring a boy . '' `` Well , she did n't . She brought HER . I asked the station-master . And I had to bring her home . She could n't be left there , no matter where the mistake had come in . '' `` Well , this is a pretty piece of business ! '' ejaculated Marilla . During this dialogue the child had remained silent , her eyes roving from one to the other , all the animation fading out of her face . Suddenly she seemed to grasp the full meaning of what had been said . Dropping her precious carpet-bag she sprang forward a step and clasped her hands . `` You do n't want me ! '' she cried . `` You do n't want me because I 'm not a boy ! I might have expected it . Nobody ever did want me .
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