He fled hastily to the remotest corner of the horse pasture lest Marilla should suspect what he had been up to . Marilla herself , upon her return to the house , was agreeably surprised to hear a plaintive voice calling , `` Marilla '' over the banisters . `` Well ? '' she said , going into the hall . `` I 'm sorry I lost my temper and said rude things , and I 'm willing to go and tell Mrs. Lynde so . '' `` Very well . '' Marilla 's crispness gave no sign of her relief . She had been wondering what under the canopy she should do if Anne did not give in . `` I 'll take you down after milking . '' Accordingly , after milking , behold Marilla and Anne walking down the lane , the former erect and triumphant , the latter drooping and dejected . But halfway down Anne 's dejection vanished as if by enchantment . She lifted her head and stepped lightly along , her eyes fixed on the sunset sky and an air of subdued exhilaration about her . Marilla beheld the change disapprovingly . This was no meek penitent such as it behooved her to take into the presence of the offended Mrs. Lynde . `` What are you thinking of , Anne ? '' she asked sharply . `` I 'm imagining out what I must say to Mrs. Lynde , '' answered Anne dreamily . This was satisfactory -- or should have been so . But Marilla could not rid herself of the notion that something in her scheme of punishment was going askew . Anne had no business to look so rapt and radiant .
Rapt and radiant Anne continued until they were in the very presence XXXXX Mrs. Lynde , who was sitting knitting by her kitchen window .
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