I wo n't be able to go around for six or seven weeks and I 'll miss the new lady teacher . She wo n't be new any more by the time I 'm able to go to school . And Gil -- everybody will get ahead of me in class . Oh , I am an afflicted mortal . But I 'll try to bear it all bravely if only you wo n't be cross with me , Marilla . '' `` There , there , I 'm not cross , '' said Marilla . `` You 're an unlucky child , there 's no doubt about that ; but as you say , you 'll have the suffering of it . Here now , try and eat some supper . '' `` Is n't it fortunate I 've got such an imagination ? '' said Anne . `` It will help me through splendidly , I expect . What do people who have n't any imagination do when they break their bones , do you suppose , Marilla ? '' Anne had good reason to bless her imagination many a time and oft during the tedious seven weeks that followed . But she was not solely dependent on it . She had many visitors and not a day passed without one or more of the schoolgirls dropping in to bring her flowers and books and tell her all the happenings in the juvenile world of Avonlea . `` Everybody has been so good and kind , Marilla , '' sighed Anne happily , on the day when she could first limp across the floor . `` It is n't very pleasant to be laid up ; but there is a bright side to it , Marilla . You find out how many friends you have . Why , even Superintendent Bell came to see me , and he 's really a very fine man . Not a kindred spirit , of course ; but still I like him and I 'm awfully sorry I ever criticized his prayers .
I believe now he really does mean them , only he has got into the habit XXXXX saying them as if he did n't .
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