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Chapter 7

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of the fitness of things; and it (begin subscript)^(end subscript)(begin superscript)suddenly(end superscript) occurred to her that that simple little prayer, was en sacred to white-robed childhood (begin subscript)^(end subscript)(begin superscript)lisping(end superscript) at motherly knees, was entirely unsuited to this freckled witch of a girl who knew and cared nothing about God’s love since she had never had it translated to her through the medium of human love.

“You’re old enough to pray for yourself, Anne,” she said finally. “Just thank God for your blessings and ask Him humbly for the things you want.”

“Well, I’ll do my best,” promised Anne, “Gracious burying her face in Marilla’s lap. “Gracious Heavenly Father—that’s the way the ministers say it in church, so I suppose it’s all right


TEXT ANNOTATION

"Him": Montgomery clearly corrected herself here, changing the lowercase "h" to the "reverential capitalization" of "Him."