I 'm going to weep all the time you 're cutting it off , if it wo n't interfere . It seems such a tragic thing . '' Anne wept then , but later on , when she went upstairs and looked in the glass , she was calm with despair . Marilla had done her work thoroughly and it had been necessary to shingle the hair as closely as possible . The result was not becoming , to state the case as mildly as may be . Anne promptly turned her glass to the wall . `` I 'll never , never look at myself again until my hair grows , '' she exclaimed passionately . Then she suddenly righted the glass . `` Yes , I will , too . I 'd do penance for being wicked that way . I 'll look at myself every time I come to my room and see how ugly I am . And I wo n't try to imagine it away , either . I never thought I was vain about my hair , of all things , but now I know I was , in spite of its being red , because it was so long and thick and curly . I expect something will happen to my nose next . '' Anne 's clipped head made a sensation in school on the following Monday , but to her relief nobody guessed the real reason for it , not even Josie Pye , who , however , did not fail to inform Anne that she looked like a perfect scarecrow . `` I did n't say anything when Josie said that to me , '' Anne confided that evening to Marilla , who was lying on the sofa after one of her headaches , `` because I thought it was part of my punishment and I ought to bear it patiently . It 's hard to be told you look like a scarecrow and I wanted to say something back . But I did n't . I just swept her one scornful look and then I forgave her . It makes you feel very virtuous when you forgive people , does n't it ?
I mean to devote all my energies XXXXX being good after this and I shall never try to be beautiful again .
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