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like to remember that there is a brook at Green Gables (begin subscript)^(end subscript)(begin superscript)even if I never see it again.(end superscript) If there wasn’t a brook I’d be haunted by the (begin subscript)^(end subscript)(begin superscript)uncomfortable(end superscript) feeling that there ought to be one[.] (begin subscript)^(end subscript)(begin superscript)T2(end superscript) Isn’t it a splendid thing that there are mornings? But I feel very sad. I’ve just been imagining that it was really me you wanted after all and that I was to stay here forever and ever. It was a great comfort while it lasted.” U2
“You’d better get dressed and come down stairs + never mind your imaginings,” said Marilla (begin subscript)^(end subscript)(begin superscript)as soon as she could get a word in edgewise. (end superscript)”Breakfast is waiting. Wash your face + comb your hair. Leave the window up + turn your bed clothes back over the foot of the bed. Be as smart as you can.
Anne could evidently be smart to some purpose for she was downstairs in ten minutes time, with her clothes neatly on, and her face washed her hair brushed and braided, and her face washed(begin strikethrough).(end strikethrough) (begin superscript)V2(end superscript)
“I’m pretty hungry this morning,” she announced, as she slipped into the chair Marilla placed for her. “The world doesn’t seem such a howling wilderness as it did last night. I’m so glad it’s a
LMM Notes
LMM Note T2
I'm not in the depths of despair this morning. I never can be in the morning[.]
LMM Note U2
But the worst of imagining things is that the time comes when you have to stop and that hurts[.]
LMM Note V2
and a comfortable consciousness pervading her soul that she had fulfilled all Marilla's requirements. As a matter of fact (begin subscript)^(end subscript)(begin superscript)however,(end superscript) she had forgotten to turn back the bedclothes.
TEXT ANNOTATION
"howling wilderness": The Bible, Deuteronomy 32:10.