And that 's all the blessings I can think of just now to thank Thee for . As for the things I want , they 're so numerous that it would take a great deal of time to name them all so I will only mention the two most important . Please let me stay at Green Gables ; and please let me be good-looking when I grow up . I remain , `` Yours respectfully , Anne Shirley . `` There , did I do all right ? '' she asked eagerly , getting up . `` I could have made it much more flowery if I 'd had a little more time to think it over . '' Poor Marilla was only preserved from complete collapse by remembering that it was not irreverence , but simply spiritual ignorance on the part of Anne that was responsible for this extraordinary petition . She tucked the child up in bed , mentally vowing that she should be taught a prayer the very next day , and was leaving the room with the light when Anne called her back . `` I 've just thought of it now . I should have said , ` Amen ' in place of ` yours respectfully , ' should n't I ? -- the way the ministers do . I 'd forgotten it , but I felt a prayer should be finished off in some way , so I put in the other . Do you suppose it will make any difference ? '' `` I -- I do n't suppose it will , '' said Marilla . `` Go to sleep now like a good child . Good night . '' `` I can only say good night tonight with a clear conscience , '' said Anne , cuddling luxuriously down among her pillows . Marilla retreated to the kitchen , set the candle firmly on the table , and glared at Matthew . `` Matthew Cuthbert , it 's about time somebody adopted that child and taught her something .
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