Chapter 10
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There was no mistaking her sincerity—it breathed in every tone of her voice. (begin subscript)^(end subscript)(begin superscript)Q5(end superscript) But Marilla the former understood in dismay that Anne was actually enjoying her valley of humiliation. Where—was revelling in the thoroughness of her abasement. Where was the wholesome punishment upon which(begin strikethrough),(end strikethrough) she, Marilla, had plumed herself? Anne had turned it into a species of positive pleasure.
Good Mrs Lynde, not being overburdened with perception, did not see this. She only perceived that Anne had made a very thorough apology and all resentment vanished from her kindly, if somewhat officious heart.
LMM Notes
LMM Note Q5
Both Marilla and Mrs. Lynde recognized its unmistakeable [sic] ring.
TEXT ANNOTATION
"valley of humiliation": from John Bunyan's Christian allegory (1678), The Pilgrim's Progress. Bunyan's book had a strong presence in Louisa May Alcott's (1868) Little Women, a book Montgomery owned and loved.