Joe Sloane stood as one transfixed in the midst of the commotion and St. Clair , helpless with laughter , rocked to and fro in the aisle . Prillie Rogerson fainted and Annetta Bell went into hysterics . It seemed a long time , although it was really only a few minutes , before the last pinwheel subsided . Anne , recovering herself , sprang to open doors and windows and let out the gas and smoke which filled the room . Then she helped the girls carry the unconscious Prillie into the porch , where Barbara Shaw , in an agony of desire to be useful , poured a pailful of half frozen water over Prillie 's face and shoulders before anyone could stop her . It was a full hour before quiet was restored ... but it was a quiet that might be felt . Everybody realized that even the explosion had not cleared the teacher 's mental atmosphere . Nobody , except Anthony Pye , dared whisper a word . Ned Clay accidentally squeaked his pencil while working a sum , caught Anne 's eye and wished the floor would open and swallow him up . The geography class were whisked through a continent with a speed that made them dizzy . The grammar class were parsed and analyzed within an inch of their lives . Chester Sloane , spelling `` odoriferous '' with two f 's , was made to feel that he could never live down the disgrace of it , either in this world or that which is to come . Anne knew that she had made herself ridiculous and that the incident would be laughed over that night at a score of tea-tables , but the knowledge only angered her further . In a calmer mood she could have carried off the situation with a laugh but now that was impossible ; so she ignored it in icy disdain . When Anne returned to the school after dinner all the children were as usual in their seats and every face was bent studiously over a desk except Anthony Pye 's . He peered across his book at Anne , his black eyes sparkling with curiosity and mockery . Anne twitched open the drawer of her desk in search of chalk and under her very hand a lively mouse sprang out of the drawer , scampered over the desk , and leaped to the floor . Anne screamed and sprang back , as if it had been a snake , and Anthony Pye laughed aloud . Then a silence fell ... a very creepy , uncomfortable silence . Annetta Bell was of two minds whether to go into hysterics again or not , especially as she did n't know just where the mouse had gone .
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