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Chapter XIV. Anne’s Confession

           

           WhenherdisheswerewashedandherbreadspongesetandherhensfedMarillarememberedthatshehadnoticedasmallrentinherbestblacklaceshawlwhenshehadtakenitoffonMondayafternoononreturningfromtheLadies’Aid.

           Shewouldgoandmendit.Theshawlwasinaboxinhertrunk.AsMarillalifteditout,thesunlight,fallingthroughthevinesthatclusteredthicklyaboutthewindow,struckuponsomethingcaughtintheshawl—somethingthatglitteredandsparkledinfacetsofvioletlight.Marillasnatchedatitwithagasp.Itwastheamethystbrooch,hangingtoathreadofthelacebyitscatch!

           “Dearlifeandheart,”saidMarillablankly,“whatdoesthismean?Here’smybroochsafeandsoundthatIthoughtwasatthebottomofBarry’spond.Whateverdidthatgirlmeanbysayingshetookitandlostit?IdeclareIbelieveGreenGablesisbewitched.IremembernowthatwhenItookoffmyshawlMondayafternoonIlaiditonthebureauforaminute.Isupposethebroochgotcaughtinitsomehow.Well!”

           Marillabetookherselftotheeastgable,broochinhand.Annehadcriedherselfoutandwassittingdejectedlybythewindow.

           “AnneShirley,”saidMarillasolemnly,“I’vejustfoundmybroochhangingtomyblacklaceshawl.NowIwanttoknowwhatthatrigmaroleyoutoldmethismorningmeant.”

           “Why,yousaidyou’dkeepmehereuntilIconfessed,”returnedAnnewearily,“andsoIdecidedtoconfessbecauseIwasboundtogettothepicnic.IthoughtoutaconfessionlastnightafterIwenttobedandmadeitasinterestingasIcould.

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