Аня из Зелёных Мезонинов

Chapter XV. A Tempest in the School Teapot

           Itwasbadenoughtobesingledoutforpunishmentfromamongadozenequallyguiltyones;itwasworsestilltobesenttositwithaboy,butthatthatboyshouldbeGilbertBlythewasheapinginsultoninjurytoadegreeutterlyunbearable.Annefeltthatshecouldnotbearitanditwouldbeofnousetotry.Herwholebeingseethedwithshameandangerandhumiliation.

           Atfirsttheotherscholarslookedandwhisperedandgiggledandnudged.ButasAnneneverliftedherheadandasGilbertworkedfractionsasifhiswholesoulwasabsorbedinthemandthemonly,theysoonreturnedtotheirowntasksandAnnewasforgotten.WhenMr.PhillipscalledthehistoryclassoutAnneshouldhavegone,butAnnedidnotmove,andMr.Phillips,whohadbeenwritingsomeverses“ToPriscilla”beforehecalledtheclass,wasthinkingaboutanobstinaterhymestillandnevermissedher.Once,whennobodywaslooking,Gilberttookfromhisdeskalittlepinkcandyheartwithagoldmottoonit,“Youaresweet,”andslippeditunderthecurveofAnne’sarm.WhereuponAnnearose,tookthepinkheartgingerlybetweenthetipsofherfingers,droppeditonthefloor,groundittopowderbeneathherheel,andresumedherpositionwithoutdeigningtobestowaglanceonGilbert.

           WhenschoolwentoutAnnemarchedtoherdesk,ostentatiouslytookouteverythingtherein,booksandwritingtablet,penandink,testamentandarithmetic,andpiledthemneatlyonhercrackedslate.

           “Whatareyoutakingallthosethingshomefor,Anne?”Dianawantedtoknow,assoonastheywereoutontheroad.

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