said Jane , finding breath enough for utterance at last . `` Of course you 'll speak to him after this . '' `` Of course I wo n't , '' flashed Anne , with a momentary return of her old spirit . `` And I do n't want ever to hear the word ` romantic ' again , Jane Andrews . I 'm awfully sorry you were so frightened , girls . It is all my fault . I feel sure I was born under an unlucky star . Everything I do gets me or my dearest friends into a scrape . We 've gone and lost your father 's flat , Diana , and I have a presentiment that we 'll not be allowed to row on the pond any more . '' Anne 's presentiment proved more trustworthy than presentiments are apt to do . Great was the consternation in the Barry and Cuthbert households when the events of the afternoon became known . `` Will you ever have any sense , Anne ? '' groaned Marilla . `` Oh , yes , I think I will , Marilla , '' returned Anne optimistically . A good cry , indulged in the grateful solitude of the east gable , had soothed her nerves and restored her to her wonted cheerfulness . `` I think my prospects of becoming sensible are brighter now than ever . '' `` I do n't see how , '' said Marilla . `` Well , '' explained Anne , `` I 've learned a new and valuable lesson today . Ever since I came to Green Gables I 've been making mistakes , and each mistake has helped to cure me of some great shortcoming . The affair of the amethyst brooch cured me of meddling with things that did n't belong to me .
The Haunted Wood mistake cured me XXXXX letting my imagination run away with me .
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