Mournful penitence appeared on every feature . Before a word was spoken Anne suddenly went down on her knees before the astonished Mrs. Rachel and held out her hands beseechingly . `` Oh , Mrs. Lynde , I am so extremely sorry , '' she said with a quiver in her voice . `` I could never express all my sorrow , no , not if I used up a whole dictionary . You must just imagine it . I behaved terribly to you -- and I 've disgraced the dear friends , Matthew and Marilla , who have let me stay at Green Gables although I 'm not a boy . I 'm a dreadfully wicked and ungrateful girl , and I deserve to be punished and cast out by respectable people forever . It was very wicked of me to fly into a temper because you told me the truth . It WAS the truth ; every word you said was true . My hair is red and I 'm freckled and skinny and ugly . What I said to you was true , too , but I should n't have said it . Oh , Mrs. Lynde , please , please , forgive me . If you refuse it will be a lifelong sorrow on a poor little orphan girl , would you , even if she had a dreadful temper ? Oh , I am sure you would n't . Please say you forgive me , Mrs. Lynde . '' Anne clasped her hands together , bowed her head , and waited for the word of judgment . There was no mistaking her sincerity -- it breathed in every tone of her voice . Both Marilla and Mrs. Lynde recognized its unmistakable ring . But the former under-stood in dismay that Anne was actually enjoying her valley of humiliation -- was reveling in the thoroughness of her abasement . Where was the wholesome punishment upon which she , Marilla , had plumed herself ?
Anne had turned it into a species XXXXX positive pleasure .
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