If you do you will cover my life with a dark cloud of woe . '' This speech which would have softened good Mrs. Lynde 's heart in a twinkling , had no effect on Mrs. Barry except to irritate her still more . She was suspicious of Anne 's big words and dramatic gestures and imagined that the child was making fun of her . So she said , coldly and cruelly : `` I do n't think you are a fit little girl for Diana to associate with . You 'd better go home and behave yourself . '' Anne 's lips quivered . `` Wo n't you let me see Diana just once to say farewell ? '' she implored . `` Diana has gone over to Carmody with her father , '' said Mrs. Barry , going in and shutting the door . Anne went back to Green Gables calm with despair . `` My last hope is gone , '' she told Marilla . `` I went up and saw Mrs. Barry myself and she treated me very insultingly . Marilla , I do NOT think she is a well-bred woman . There is nothing more to do except to pray and I have n't much hope that that 'll do much good because , Marilla , I do not believe that God Himself can do very much with such an obstinate person as Mrs. Barry . '' `` Anne , you should n't say such things '' rebuked Marilla , striving to overcome that unholy tendency to laughter which she was dismayed to find growing upon her . And indeed , when she told the whole story to Matthew that night , she did laugh heartily over Anne 's tribulations . But when she slipped into the east gable before going to bed and found that Anne had cried herself to sleep an unaccustomed softness crept into her face . `` Poor little soul , '' she murmured , lifting a loose curl of hair from the child 's tear-stained face . Then she bent down and kissed the flushed cheek on the pillow . CHAPTER XVII .
A New Interest in Life THE next afternoon Anne , bending over her patchwork at the kitchen window , happened XXXXX glance out and beheld Diana down by the Dryad 's Bubble beckoning mysteriously .
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