The other half will taste twice as sweet to me if I give some to her . It 's delightful to think I have something to give her . '' `` I will say it for the child , '' said Marilla when Anne had gone to her gable , `` she is n't stingy . I 'm glad , for of all faults I detest stinginess in a child . Dear me , it 's only three weeks since she came , and it seems as if she 'd been here always . I ca n't imagine the place without her . Now , do n't be looking I told-you-so , Matthew . That 's bad enough in a woman , but it is n't to be endured in a man . I 'm perfectly willing to own up that I 'm glad I consented to keep the child and that I 'm getting fond of her , but do n't you rub it in , Matthew Cuthbert . '' CHAPTER XIII . The Delights of Anticipation `` It 's time Anne was in to do her sewing , '' said Marilla , glancing at the clock and then out into the yellow August afternoon where everything drowsed in the heat . `` She stayed playing with Diana more than half an hour more 'n I gave her leave to ; and now she 's perched out there on the woodpile talking to Matthew , nineteen to the dozen , when she knows perfectly well she ought to be at her work . And of course he 's listening to her like a perfect ninny . I never saw such an infatuated man . The more she talks and the odder the things she says , the more he 's delighted evidently . Anne Shirley , you come right in here this minute , do you hear me ! '' A series of staccato taps on the west window brought Anne flying in from the yard , eyes shining , cheeks faintly flushed with pink , unbraided hair streaming behind her in a torrent of brightness . `` Oh , Marilla , '' she exclaimed breathlessly , `` there 's going to be a Sunday-school picnic next week -- in Mr. Harmon Andrews 's field , right near the lake of Shining Waters . And Mrs. Superintendent Bell and Mrs. Rachel Lynde are going to make ice cream -- think of it , Marilla -- ICE CREAM ! And , oh , Marilla , can I go to it ? ''
`` Just look XXXXX the clock , if you please , Anne .
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