The peddler had certainly spoken the truth when he declared that the dye would n't wash off , however his veracity might be impeached in other respects . `` Oh , Marilla , what shall I do ? '' questioned Anne in tears . `` I can never live this down . People have pretty well forgotten my other mistakes -- the liniment cake and setting Diana drunk and flying into a temper with Mrs. Lynde . But they 'll never forget this . They will think I am not respectable . Oh , Marilla , ` what a tangled web we weave when first we practice to deceive . ' That is poetry , but it is true . And oh , how Josie Pye will laugh ! Marilla , I CAN NOT face Josie Pye . I am the unhappiest girl in Prince Edward Island . '' Anne 's unhappiness continued for a week . During that time she went nowhere and shampooed her hair every day . Diana alone of outsiders knew the fatal secret , but she promised solemnly never to tell , and it may be stated here and now that she kept her word . At the end of the week Marilla said decidedly : `` It 's no use , Anne . That is fast dye if ever there was any . Your hair must be cut off ; there is no other way . You ca n't go out with it looking like that . '' Anne 's lips quivered , but she realized the bitter truth of Marilla 's remarks .
With a dismal sigh she XXXXX for the scissors .
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