`` It was dreadful of me to forget , '' said Anne apologetically , `` but that was the afternoon I was trying to think of a name for Violet Vale and it crowded other things out . Matthew was so good . He never scolded a bit . He put the tea down himself and said we could wait awhile as well as not . And I told him a lovely fairy story while we were waiting , so he did n't find the time long at all . It was a beautiful fairy story , Marilla . I forgot the end of it , so I made up an end for it myself and Matthew said he could n't tell where the join came in . '' `` Matthew would think it all right , Anne , if you took a notion to get up and have dinner in the middle of the night . But you keep your wits about you this time . And -- I do n't really know if I 'm doing right -- it may make you more addlepated than ever -- but you can ask Diana to come over and spend the afternoon with you and have tea here . '' `` Oh , Marilla ! '' Anne clasped her hands . `` How perfectly lovely ! You ARE able to imagine things after all or else you 'd never have understood how I 've longed for that very thing . It will seem so nice and grown-uppish . No fear of my forgetting to put the tea to draw when I have company . Oh , Marilla , can I use the rosebud spray tea set ? '' `` No , indeed ! The rosebud tea set ! Well , what next ?
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