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CHAPTER 8. Anne’s Bringing-up Is Begun
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FOR reasons best known to herself, Marilla did not tell Anne that she was to stay at Green Gables until the next afternoon. During the forenoon she kept the child busy with various tasks and watched over her with a keen eye while she did them. By noon she had concluded that Anne was smart and obedient, willing to work and quick to learn; her most serious shortcoming seemed to be a tendency to fall into daydreams1 in the middle of a task and forget all about it until such time as she was sharply recalled to earth by a reprimand or a catastrophe2.
When Anne had finished washing the dinner dishes she suddenly confronted Marilla with the air and expression of one desperately3 determined4 to learn the worst. Her thin little body trembled from head to foot; her face flushed and her eyes dilated5 until they were almost black; she clasped her hands tightly and said in an imploring6 voice:
“Oh, please, Miss Cuthbert, won’t you tell me if you are going to send me away or not? I’ve tried to be patient all the morning, but I really feel that I cannot bear not knowing any longer. It’s a dreadful feeling. Please tell me.”
“You haven’t scalded the dishcloth in clean hot water as I told you to do,” said Marilla immovably. “Just go and do it before you ask any more questions, Anne.”
Anne went and attended to the dishcloth. Then she returned to Marilla and fastened imploring eyes of the latter’s face. “Well,” said Marilla, unable to find any excuse for deferring7 her explanation longer, “I suppose I might as well tell you. Matthew and I have decided8 to keep you—that is, if you will try to be a good little girl and show yourself grateful. Why, child, whatever is the matter?”
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daydreams
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n.白日梦( daydream的名词复数 )v.想入非非,空想( daydream的第三人称单数 ) | |
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catastrophe
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awfully
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promptly
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sitting-room
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blessing
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positively
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bestow
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diligently
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gracefully
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luxuriously
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