Oh , Marilla , I would n't go through the Haunted Wood after dark now for anything . I 'd be sure that white things would reach out from behind the trees and grab me . '' `` Did ever anyone hear the like ! '' ejaculated Marilla , who had listened in dumb amazement . `` Anne Shirley , do you mean to tell me you believe all that wicked nonsense of your own imagination ? '' `` Not believe EXACTLY , '' faltered Anne . `` At least , I do n't believe it in daylight . But after dark , Marilla , it 's different . That is when ghosts walk . '' `` There are no such things as ghosts , Anne . '' `` Oh , but there are , Marilla , '' cried Anne eagerly . `` I know people who have seen them . And they are respectable people . Charlie Sloane says that his grandmother saw his grandfather driving home the cows one night after he 'd been buried for a year . You know Charlie Sloane 's grandmother would n't tell a story for anything . She 's a very religious woman . And Mrs. Thomas 's father was pursued home one night by a lamb of fire with its head cut off hanging by a strip of skin . He said he knew it was the spirit of his brother and that it was a warning he would die within nine days . He did n't , but he died two years after , so you see it was really true . And Ruby Gillis says -- '' `` Anne Shirley , '' interrupted Marilla firmly , `` I never want to hear you talking in this fashion again .
I 've had my doubts about that imagination of yours right along , and if this is going to be the outcome XXXXX it , I wo n't countenance any such doings .
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