And you do n't save anything by making me go without supper either , for I always eat twice as much for breakfast . '' `` I do n't mean your being sent to bed . I mean the fact that you told a falsehood today . And , Davy , '' ... Anne leaned over the footboard of the bed and shook her finger impressively at the culprit ... `` for a boy to tell what is n't true is almost the worst thing that could HAPPEN to him ... almost the very worst . So you see Marilla told you the truth . '' `` But I thought the something bad would be exciting , '' protested Davy in an injured tone . `` Marilla is n't to blame for what you thought . Bad things are n't always exciting . They 're very often just nasty and stupid . '' `` It was awful funny to see Marilla and you looking down the well , though , '' said Davy , hugging his knees . Anne kept a sober face until she got downstairs and then she collapsed on the sitting room lounge and laughed until her sides ached . `` I wish you 'd tell me the joke , '' said Marilla , a little grimly . `` I have n't seen much to laugh at today . '' `` You 'll laugh when you hear this , '' assured Anne . And Marilla did laugh , which showed how much her education had advanced since the adoption of Anne . But she sighed immediately afterwards . `` I suppose I should n't have told him that , although I heard a minister say it to a child once . But he did aggravate me so . It was that night you were at the Carmody concert and I was putting him to bed . He said he did n't see the good of praying until he got big enough to be of some importance to God .
Anne , I do not know what we are going XXXXX do with that child .
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