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Chapter XX. A Good Imagination Gone Wrong

           Shehadbeenstudyingherlessons,butithadgrowntoodarktoseethebook,soshehadfallenintowide-eyedreverie,lookingoutpasttheboughsoftheSnowQueen,oncemorebestarredwithitstuftsofblossom.

           Inallessentialrespectsthelittlegablechamberwasunchanged.Thewallswereaswhite,thepincushionashard,thechairsasstifflyandyellowlyuprightasever.Yetthewholecharacteroftheroomwasaltered.Itwasfullofanewvital,pulsingpersonalitythatseemedtopervadeitandtobequiteindependentofschoolgirlbooksanddressesandribbons,andevenofthecrackedbluejugfullofappleblossomsonthetable.Itwasasifallthedreams,sleepingandwaking,ofitsvividoccupanthadtakenavisiblealthoughunmaterialformandhadtapestriedthebareroomwithsplendidfilmytissuesofrainbowandmoonshine.PresentlyMarillacamebrisklyinwithsomeofAnne’sfreshlyironedschoolaprons.Shehungthemoverachairandsatdownwithashortsigh.Shehadhadoneofherheadachesthatafternoon,andalthoughthepainhadgoneshefeltweakand“tuckeredout,”assheexpressedit.Annelookedatherwitheyeslimpidwithsympathy.

           “IdotrulywishIcouldhavehadtheheadacheinyourplace,Marilla.Iwouldhaveendureditjoyfullyforyoursake.”

           “Iguessyoudidyourpartinattendingtotheworkandlettingmerest,”saidMarilla.“Youseemtohavegotonfairlywellandmadefewermistakesthanusual.

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