Never let me catch you at such a trick again . Mrs. Rachel says she thought she would sink through the floor when she saw you come in all rigged out like that . She could n't get near enough to tell you to take them off till it was too late . She says people talked about it something dreadful . Of course they would think I had no better sense than to let you go decked out like that . '' `` Oh , I 'm so sorry , '' said Anne , tears welling into her eyes . `` I never thought you 'd mind . The roses and buttercups were so sweet and pretty I thought they 'd look lovely on my hat . Lots of the little girls had artificial flowers on their hats . I 'm afraid I 'm going to be a dreadful trial to you . Maybe you 'd better send me back to the asylum . That would be terrible ; I do n't think I could endure it ; most likely I would go into consumption ; I 'm so thin as it is , you see . But that would be better than being a trial to you . '' `` Nonsense , '' said Marilla , vexed at herself for having made the child cry . `` I do n't want to send you back to the asylum , I 'm sure . All I want is that you should behave like other little girls and not make yourself ridiculous . Do n't cry any more . I 've got some news for you . Diana Barry came home this afternoon . I 'm going up to see if I can borrow a skirt pattern from Mrs. Barry , and if you like you can come with me and get acquainted with Diana . ''
Anne rose XXXXX her feet , with clasped hands , the tears still glistening on her cheeks ; the dish towel she had been hemming slipped unheeded to the floor .
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