There were n't any books in it ; Mrs. Thomas kept her best china and her preserves there -- when she had any preserves to keep . One of the doors was broken . Mr. Thomas smashed it one night when he was slightly intoxicated . But the other was whole and I used to pretend that my reflection in it was another little girl who lived in it . I called her Katie Maurice , and we were very intimate . I used to talk to her by the hour , especially on Sunday , and tell her everything . Katie was the comfort and consolation of my life . We used to pretend that the bookcase was enchanted and that if I only knew the spell I could open the door and step right into the room where Katie Maurice lived , instead of into Mrs. Thomas ' shelves of preserves and china . And then Katie Maurice would have taken me by the hand and led me out into a wonderful place , all flowers and sunshine and fairies , and we would have lived there happy for ever after . When I went to live with Mrs. Hammond it just broke my heart to leave Katie Maurice . She felt it dreadfully , too , I know she did , for she was crying when she kissed me good-bye through the bookcase door . There was no bookcase at Mrs. Hammond 's . But just up the river a little way from the house there was a long green little valley , and the loveliest echo lived there . It echoed back every word you said , even if you did n't talk a bit loud . So I imagined that it was a little girl called Violetta and we were great friends and I loved her almost as well as I loved Katie Maurice -- not quite , but almost , you know . The night before I went to the asylum I said good-bye to Violetta , and oh , her good-bye came back to me in such sad , sad tones . I had become so attached to her that I had n't the heart to imagine a bosom friend at the asylum , even if there had been any scope for imagination there . '' `` I think it 's just as well there was n't , '' said Marilla drily . `` I do n't approve of such goings-on . You seem to half believe your own imaginations .
It will be well for you XXXXX have a real live friend to put such nonsense out of your head .
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