Have more spirit than that , child . '' To be thus hectored and patronized by Mary Vance was unendurable ! And it was unendurable to walk on stony roads with blistered heels and bare feet ! And it was unendurable to be crying and have no handkerchief and not to be able to stop crying ! `` I 'm not thinking '' -- sniff -- `` about Kenneth '' -- sniff -- `` Ford '' -- two sniffs -- `` at all , '' cried tortured Rilla . `` There 's no need to fly off the handle , child . You ought to be willing to take advice from older people . I saw how you slipped over to the sands with Ken and stayed there ever so long with him . Your mother would n't like it if she knew . '' `` I 'll tell my mother all about it -- and Miss Oliver -- and Walter , '' Rilla gasped between sniffs . `` You sat for hours with Miller Douglas on that lobster trap , Mary Vance ! What would Mrs. Elliott say to that if she knew ? '' `` Oh , I 'm not going to quarrel with you , '' said Mary , suddenly retreating to high and lofty ground . `` All I say is , you should wait until you 're grown-up before you do things like that . '' Rilla gave up trying to hide the fact that she was crying . Everything was spoiled -- even that beautiful , dreamy , romantic , moonlit hour with Kenneth on the sands was vulgarized and cheapened . She loathed Mary Vance . `` Why , whatever 's wrong ? '' cried mystified Mary . `` What are you crying for ? ''
`` My feet -- hurt so -- '' sobbed Rilla clinging XXXXX the last shred of her pride .
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