So if you 'll forgive me , Anne , I 'll forgive you and we 'll start square again . And now get yourself ready for the picnic . '' Anne flew up like a rocket . `` Oh , Marilla , is n't it too late ? '' `` No , it 's only two o'clock . They wo n't be more than well gathered yet and it 'll be an hour before they have tea . Wash your face and comb your hair and put on your gingham . I 'll fill a basket for you . There 's plenty of stuff baked in the house . And I 'll get Jerry to hitch up the sorrel and drive you down to the picnic ground . '' `` Oh , Marilla , '' exclaimed Anne , flying to the washstand . `` Five minutes ago I was so miserable I was wishing I 'd never been born and now I would n't change places with an angel ! '' That night a thoroughly happy , completely tired-out Anne returned to Green Gables in a state of beatification impossible to describe . `` Oh , Marilla , I 've had a perfectly scrumptious time . Scrumptious is a new word I learned today . I heard Mary Alice Bell use it . Is n't it very expressive ? Everything was lovely . We had a splendid tea and then Mr. Harmon Andrews took us all for a row on the Lake of Shining Waters -- six of us at a time . And Jane Andrews nearly fell overboard .
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