She WILL do and say things I never meant her to . Then that spoils everything that went before and I have to write it all over again . '' Finally , however , the story was finished , and Anne read it to Diana in the seclusion of the porch gable . She had achieved her `` pathetic scene '' without sacrificing ROBERT RAY , and she kept a watchful eye on Diana as she read it . Diana rose to the occasion and cried properly ; but , when the end came , she looked a little disappointed . `` Why did you kill MAURICE LENNOX ? '' she asked reproachfully . `` He was the villain , '' protested Anne . `` He had to be punished . '' `` I like him best of them all , '' said unreasonable Diana . `` Well , he 's dead , and he 'll have to stay dead , '' said Anne , rather resentfully . `` If I had let him live he 'd have gone on persecuting AVERIL and PERCEVAL . '' `` Yes -- unless you had reformed him . '' `` That would n't have been romantic , and , besides , it would have made the story too long . '' `` Well , anyway , it 's a perfectly elegant story , Anne , and will make you famous , of that I 'm sure . Have you got a title for it ? '' `` Oh , I decided on the title long ago . I call it AVERIL 'S ATONEMENT . Does n't that sound nice and alliterative ? Now , Diana , tell me candidly , do you see any faults in my story ? ''
`` Well , '' hesitated Diana , `` that part where AVERIL makes the cake does n't seem XXXXX me quite romantic enough to match the rest .
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