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Chapter 16 - (VERSO)

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of the stricter sort, dis Mrs. Barry among them, disapproved strongly of it. And at the same time Marilla recollected that she had put the bottle of raspberry cordial down in the cellar instead of in the pantry as she had told Anne.

She went back to the kitchen with the wine bottle in her hand. Her face was twitching in spite of herself.

“Anne, you certainly have a genius for getting into trouble. You went and gave Diana currant wine instead of raspberry cordial. Didn’t you know the difference yourself?”

“I never tasted it,” said Anne. “I thought it was the cordial. I meant to be so – so – hospitable. Diana got awfully sick and had to go home.(begin subscript)^(end subscript)(begin superscript)F9(end superscript) Mrs. Barry is so indignant. She will never believe but what I did it on purpose.”

“I should think she would better punish Diana for being so greedy as to

 

LMM Notes

LMM Note F9
Mrs. Barry told Mrs. Lynde she was simply dead drunk. She just laughed silly-like when her mother asked her what was the matter and went to sleep and slept for hours. Her mother smelled her breath and knew she was drunk. She had a fearful headache all day yesterday.


TEXT ANNOTATION

"Mrs. Barry told Mrs. Lynde" [in F9]: The Women's Christian Temperance Union formed in Canada in 1874. While it is not stated specifically that any Cavendish women are members, the WCTU had a powerful influence in society at large.