Anne 's `` so there '' was only intended to emphasize her assertion , but Marilla took it as a display of defiance . `` I believe you are telling me a falsehood , Anne , '' she said sharply . `` I know you are . There now , do n't say anything more unless you are prepared to tell the whole truth . Go to your room and stay there until you are ready to confess . '' `` Will I take the peas with me ? '' said Anne meekly . `` No , I 'll finish shelling them myself . Do as I bid you . '' When Anne had gone Marilla went about her evening tasks in a very disturbed state of mind . She was worried about her valuable brooch . What if Anne had lost it ? And how wicked of the child to deny having taken it , when anybody could see she must have ! With such an innocent face , too ! `` I do n't know what I would n't sooner have had happen , '' thought Marilla , as she nervously shelled the peas . `` Of course , I do n't suppose she meant to steal it or anything like that . She 's just taken it to play with or help along that imagination of hers . She must have taken it , that 's clear , for there has n't been a soul in that room since she was in it , by her own story , until I went up tonight . And the brooch is gone , there 's nothing surer . I suppose she has lost it and is afraid to own up for fear she 'll be punished .
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