It was quite true . Overcome by the pain of her injury , Anne had one more of her wishes granted to her . She had fainted dead away . Matthew , hastily summoned from the harvest field , was straightway dispatched for the doctor , who in due time came , to discover that the injury was more serious than they had supposed . Anne 's ankle was broken . That night , when Marilla went up to the east gable , where a white-faced girl was lying , a plaintive voice greeted her from the bed . `` Are n't you very sorry for me , Marilla ? '' `` It was your own fault , '' said Marilla , twitching down the blind and lighting a lamp . `` And that is just why you should be sorry for me , '' said Anne , `` because the thought that it is all my own fault is what makes it so hard . If I could blame it on anybody I would feel so much better . But what would you have done , Marilla , if you had been dared to walk a ridgepole ? '' `` I 'd have stayed on good firm ground and let them dare away . Such absurdity ! '' said Marilla . Anne sighed . `` But you have such strength of mind , Marilla . I have n't . I just felt that I could n't bear Josie Pye 's scorn . She would have crowed over me all my life . And I think I have been punished so much that you need n't be very cross with me , Marilla .
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