I 'm going up to see if I can borrow a skirt pattern from Mrs. Barry , and if you like you can come with me and get acquainted with Diana . '' Anne rose to her feet , with clasped hands , the tears still glistening on her cheeks ; the dish towel she had been hemming slipped unheeded to the floor . `` Oh , Marilla , I 'm frightened -- now that it has come I 'm actually frightened . What if she should n't like me ! It would be the most tragical disappointment of my life . '' `` Now , do n't get into a fluster . And I do wish you would n't use such long words . It sounds so funny in a little girl . I guess Diana 'll like you well enough . It 's her mother you 've got to reckon with . If she does n't like you it wo n't matter how much Diana does . If she has heard about your outburst to Mrs. Lynde and going to church with buttercups round your hat I do n't know what she 'll think of you . You must be polite and well behaved , and do n't make any of your startling speeches . For pity 's sake , if the child is n't actually trembling ! '' Anne WAS trembling . Her face was pale and tense . `` Oh , Marilla , you 'd be excited , too , if you were going to meet a little girl you hoped to be your bosom friend and whose mother might n't like you , '' she said as she hastened to get her hat . They went over to Orchard Slope by the short cut across the brook and up the firry hill grove . Mrs. Barry came to the kitchen door in answer to Marilla 's knock . She was a tall black-eyed , black-haired woman , with a very resolute mouth .
She had the reputation of being very strict XXXXX her children .
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