It was asking too much of flesh and blood to expect her to tell before the whole school that she had been called `` carrots . '' Gilbert it was who spoke up stoutly . `` It was my fault Mr. Phillips . I teased her . '' Mr. Phillips paid no heed to Gilbert . `` I am sorry to see a pupil of mine displaying such a temper and such a vindictive spirit , '' he said in a solemn tone , as if the mere fact of being a pupil of his ought to root out all evil passions from the hearts of small imperfect mortals . `` Anne , go and stand on the platform in front of the blackboard for the rest of the afternoon . '' Anne would have infinitely preferred a whipping to this punishment under which her sensitive spirit quivered as from a whiplash . With a white , set face she obeyed . Mr. Phillips took a chalk crayon and wrote on the blackboard above her head . `` Ann Shirley has a very bad temper . Ann Shirley must learn to control her temper , '' and then read it out loud so that even the primer class , who could n't read writing , should understand it . Anne stood there the rest of the afternoon with that legend above her . She did not cry or hang her head . Anger was still too hot in her heart for that and it sustained her amid all her agony of humiliation . With resentful eyes and passion-red cheeks she confronted alike Diana 's sympathetic gaze and Charlie Sloane 's indignant nods and Josie Pye 's malicious smiles . As for Gilbert Blythe , she would not even look at him . She would NEVER look at him again ! She would never speak to him !! When school was dismissed Anne marched out with her red head held high .
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