Diana will ask me how my cake turned out and I shall have to tell her the truth . I shall always be pointed at as the girl who flavored a cake with anodyne liniment . Gil -- the boys in school will never get over laughing at it . Oh , Marilla , if you have a spark of Christian pity do n't tell me that I must go down and wash the dishes after this . I 'll wash them when the minister and his wife are gone , but I can not ever look Mrs. Allan in the face again . Perhaps she 'll think I tried to poison her . Mrs. Lynde says she knows an orphan girl who tried to poison her benefactor . But the liniment is n't poisonous . It 's meant to be taken internally -- although not in cakes . Wo n't you tell Mrs. Allan so , Marilla ? '' `` Suppose you jump up and tell her so yourself , '' said a merry voice . Anne flew up , to find Mrs. Allan standing by her bed , surveying her with laughing eyes . `` My dear little girl , you must n't cry like this , '' she said , genuinely disturbed by Anne 's tragic face . `` Why , it 's all just a funny mistake that anybody might make . '' `` Oh , no , it takes me to make such a mistake , '' said Anne forlornly . `` And I wanted to have that cake so nice for you , Mrs. Allan . '' `` Yes , I know , dear . And I assure you I appreciate your kindness and thoughtfulness just as much as if it had turned out all right . Now , you must n't cry any more , but come down with me and show me your flower garden . Miss Cuthbert tells me you have a little plot all your own .
I want XXXXX see it , for I 'm very much interested in flowers . ''
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