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Chapter XV. A Tempest in the School Teapot

           IadoreDiana.I’mdreadfullyfarbehindtheothers.They’reallinthefifthbookandI’monlyinthefourth.Ifeelthatit’skindofadisgrace.Butthere’snotoneofthemhassuchanimaginationasIhaveandIsoonfoundthatout.WehadreadingandgeographyandCanadianhistoryanddictationtoday.Mr.Phillipssaidmyspellingwasdisgracefulandheheldupmyslatesothateverybodycouldseeit,allmarkedover.Ifeltsomortified,Marilla;hemighthavebeenpolitertoastranger,Ithink.RubyGillisgavemeanappleandSophiaSloanelentmealovelypinkcardwith‘MayIseeyouhome?’onit.I’mtogiveitbacktohertomorrow.AndTillieBoulterletmewearherbeadringalltheafternoon.CanIhavesomeofthosepearlbeadsofftheoldpincushioninthegarrettomakemyselfaring?Andoh,Marilla,JaneAndrewstoldmethatMinnieMacPhersontoldherthatsheheardPrissyAndrewstellSaraGillisthatIhadaveryprettynose.Marilla,thatisthefirstcomplimentIhaveeverhadinmylifeandyoucan’timaginewhatastrangefeelingitgaveme.Marilla,haveIreallyaprettynose?Iknowyou’lltellmethetruth.”

           “Yournoseiswellenough,”saidMarillashortly.SecretlyshethoughtAnne’snosewasaremarkableprettyone;butshehadnointentionoftellingherso.

           Thatwasthreeweeksagoandallhadgonesmoothlysofar.Andnow,thiscrispSeptembermorning,AnneandDianaweretrippingblithelydowntheBirchPath,twoofthehappiestlittlegirlsinAvonlea.

           “IguessGilbertBlythewillbeinschooltoday,”saidDiana.

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