She 's next door to a perfect heathen . Will you believe that she never said a prayer in her life till tonight ? I 'll send her to the manse tomorrow and borrow the Peep of the Day series , that 's what I 'll do . And she shall go to Sunday-school just as soon as I can get some suitable clothes made for her . I foresee that I shall have my hands full . Well , well , we ca n't get through this world without our share of trouble . I 've had a pretty easy life of it so far , but my time has come at last and I suppose I 'll just have to make the best of it . '' CHAPTER VIII . Anne 's Bringing-up Is Begun For reasons best known to herself , Marilla did not tell Anne that she was to stay at Green Gables until the next afternoon . During the forenoon she kept the child busy with various tasks and watched over her with a keen eye while she did them . By noon she had concluded that Anne was smart and obedient , willing to work and quick to learn ; her most serious shortcoming seemed to be a tendency to fall into daydreams in the middle of a task and forget all about it until such time as she was sharply recalled to earth by a reprimand or a catastrophe . When Anne had finished washing the dinner dishes she suddenly confronted Marilla with the air and expression of one desperately determined to learn the worst . Her thin little body trembled from head to foot ; her face flushed and her eyes dilated until they were almost black ; she clasped her hands tightly and said in an imploring voice : `` Oh , please , Miss Cuthbert , wo n't you tell me if you are going to send me away or not ? I 've tried to be patient all the morning , but I really feel that I can not bear not knowing any longer . It 's a dreadful feeling . Please tell me . '' `` You have n't scalded the dishcloth in clean hot water as I told you to do , '' said Marilla immovably . `` Just go and do it before you ask any more questions , Anne . '' Anne went and attended to the dishcloth . Then she returned to Marilla and fastened imploring eyes of the latter 's face .
`` Well , '' said Marilla , unable XXXXX find any excuse for deferring her explanation longer , `` I suppose I might as well tell you .
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