`` No , no lemon pie for you , Master Davy , '' said Marilla , pushing him toward the hall . `` What shall we do for dessert ? '' asked Anne , looking regretfully at the wreck and ruin . `` Get out a crock of strawberry preserves , '' said Marilla consolingly . `` There 's plenty of whipped cream left in the bowl for it . '' One o'clock came ... but no Priscilla or Mrs. Morgan . Anne was in an agony . Everything was done to a turn and the soup was just what soup should be , but could n't be depended on to remain so for any length of time . `` I do n't believe they 're coming after all , '' said Marilla crossly . Anne and Diana sought comfort in each other 's eyes . At half past one Marilla again emerged from the parlor . `` Girls , we MUST have dinner . Everybody is hungry and it 's no use waiting any longer . Priscilla and Mrs. Morgan are not coming , that 's plain , and nothing is being improved by waiting . '' Anne and Diana set about lifting the dinner , with all the zest gone out of the performance . `` I do n't believe I 'll be able to eat a mouthful , '' said Diana dolefully . `` Nor I . But I hope everything will be nice for Miss Stacy 's and Mr. and Mrs. Allan 's sakes , '' said Anne listlessly . When Diana dished the peas she tasted them and a very peculiar expression crossed her face . `` Anne , did YOU put sugar in these peas ? ''
`` Yes , '' said Anne , mashing the potatoes XXXXX the air of one expected to do her duty .
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