I had to go to the asylum at Hopeton , because nobody would take me . They did n't want me at the asylum , either ; they said they were over-crowded as it was . But they had to take me and I was there four months until Mrs. Spencer came . '' Anne finished up with another sigh , of relief this time . Evidently she did not like talking about her experiences in a world that had not wanted her . `` Did you ever go to school ? '' demanded Marilla , turning the sorrel mare down the shore road . `` Not a great deal . I went a little the last year I stayed with Mrs. Thomas . When I went up river we were so far from a school that I could n't walk it in winter and there was a vacation in summer , so I could only go in the spring and fall . But of course I went while I was at the asylum . I can read pretty well and I know ever so many pieces of poetry off by heart -- ` The Battle of Hohenlinden ' and ` Edinburgh after Flodden , ' and ` Bingen of the Rhine , ' and most of the ` Lady of the Lake ' and most of ` The Seasons ' by James Thompson . Do n't you just love poetry that gives you a crinkly feeling up and down your back ? There is a piece in the Fifth Reader -- ` The Downfall of Poland ' -- that is just full of thrills . Of course , I was n't in the Fifth Reader -- I was only in the Fourth -- but the big girls used to lend me theirs to read . '' `` Were those women -- Mrs. Thomas and Mrs. Hammond -- good to you ? '' asked Marilla , looking at Anne out of the corner of her eye . `` O-o-o-h , '' faltered Anne . Her sensitive little face suddenly flushed scarlet and embarrassment sat on her brow . `` Oh , they MEANT to be -- I know they meant to be just as good and kind as possible .
And when people mean to be good XXXXX you , you do n't mind very much when they 're not quite -- always .
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