`` After you ordered me never to speak to you again ? It would have been very awkward for us both , do n't you think ? '' Now for the humble pie . `` I want to apologize to you for saying that , Irene . '' said Rilla steadily . `` I should not have said it and I have been very sorry ever since . Will you forgive me ? '' `` And sing at your concert ? '' said Irene sweetly and insultingly . `` If you mean , '' said Rilla miserably , `` that I would not be apologizing to you if it were not for the concert perhaps that is true . But it is also true that I have felt ever since it happened that I should not have said what I did and that I have been sorry for it all winter . That is all I can say . If you feel you ca n't forgive me I suppose there is nothing more to be said . '' `` Oh , Rilla dear , do n't snap me up like that , '' pleaded Irene . `` Of course I 'll forgive you -- though I did feel awfully about it -- how awfully I hope you 'll never know . I cried for weeks over it . And I had n't said or done a thing ! '' Rilla choked back a retort . After all , there was no use in arguing with Irene , and the Belgians were starving . `` Do n't you think you can help us with the concert , '' she forced herself to say .
Oh , XXXXX only Irene would stop looking at that boot !
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