`` No ; you 'll call me just plain Marilla . I 'm not used to being called Miss Cuthbert and it would make me nervous . '' `` It sounds awfully disrespectful to just say Marilla , '' protested Anne . `` I guess there 'll be nothing disrespectful in it if you 're careful to speak respectfully . Everybody , young and old , in Avonlea calls me Marilla except the minister . He says Miss Cuthbert -- when he thinks of it . '' `` I 'd love to call you Aunt Marilla , '' said Anne wistfully . `` I 've never had an aunt or any relation at all -- not even a grandmother . It would make me feel as if I really belonged to you . Ca n't I call you Aunt Marilla ? '' `` No . I 'm not your aunt and I do n't believe in calling people names that do n't belong to them . '' `` But we could imagine you were my aunt . '' `` I could n't , '' said Marilla grimly . `` Do you never imagine things different from what they really are ? '' asked Anne wide-eyed . `` No . '' `` Oh ! '' Anne drew a long breath . `` Oh , Miss -- Marilla , how much you miss ! ''
`` I do n't believe XXXXX imagining things different from what they really are , '' retorted Marilla .
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