I did n't listen to him very much . I just let my thoughts run and I thought of the most surprising things . '' Marilla felt helplessly that all this should be sternly reproved , but she was hampered by the undeniable fact that some of the things Anne had said , especially about the minister 's sermons and Mr. Bell 's prayers , were what she herself had really thought deep down in her heart for years , but had never given expression to . It almost seemed to her that those secret , unuttered , critical thoughts had suddenly taken visible and accusing shape and form in the person of this outspoken morsel of neglected humanity . CHAPTER XII . A Solemn Vow and Promise It was not until the next Friday that Marilla heard the story of the flower-wreathed hat . She came home from Mrs. Lynde 's and called Anne to account . `` Anne , Mrs. Rachel says you went to church last Sunday with your hat rigged out ridiculous with roses and buttercups . What on earth put you up to such a caper ? A pretty-looking object you must have been ! '' `` Oh . I know pink and yellow are n't becoming to me , '' began Anne . `` Becoming fiddlesticks ! It was putting flowers on your hat at all , no matter what color they were , that was ridiculous . You are the most aggravating child ! '' `` I do n't see why it 's any more ridiculous to wear flowers on your hat than on your dress , '' protested Anne . `` Lots of little girls there had bouquets pinned on their dresses . What 's the difference ? '' Marilla was not to be drawn from the safe concrete into dubious paths of the abstract . `` Do n't answer me back like that , Anne .
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