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Chapter XI. Anne’s Impressions of Sunday-School

           Theylookedatherandwhisperedtoeachotherbehindtheirquarterlies.Nobodymadeanyfriendlyadvances,thenorlateronwhentheopeningexerciseswereoverandAnnefoundherselfinMissRogerson’sclass.

           MissRogersonwasamiddle-agedladywhohadtaughtaSunday-schoolclassfortwentyyears.Hermethodofteachingwastoasktheprintedquestionsfromthequarterlyandlooksternlyoveritsedgeattheparticularlittlegirlshethoughtoughttoanswerthequestion.ShelookedveryoftenatAnne,andAnne,thankstoMarilla’sdrilling,answeredpromptly;butitmaybequestionedifsheunderstoodverymuchabouteitherquestionoranswer.

           ShedidnotthinkshelikedMissRogerson,andshefeltverymiserable;everyotherlittlegirlintheclasshadpuffedsleeves.Annefeltthatlifewasreallynotworthlivingwithoutpuffedsleeves.

           “Well,howdidyoulikeSundayschool?”MarillawantedtoknowwhenAnnecamehome.Herwreathhavingfaded,Annehaddiscardeditinthelane,soMarillawassparedtheknowledgeofthatforatime.

           “Ididn’tlikeitabit.Itwashorrid.”

           “AnneShirley!”saidMarillarebukingly.

           Annesatdownontherockerwithalongsigh,kissedoneofBonny’sleaves,andwavedherhandtoablossomingfuchsia.

           “TheymighthavebeenlonesomewhileIwasaway,”sheexplained.“AndnowabouttheSundayschool.Ibehavedwell,justasyoutoldme.Mrs.Lyndewasgone,butIwentrightonmyself.Iwentintothechurch,withalotofotherlittlegirls,andIsatinthecornerofapewbythewindowwhiletheopeningexerciseswenton.Mr.

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