she asked eagerly , getting up . `` I could have made it much more flowery if I 'd had a little more time to think it over . '' Poor Marilla was only preserved from complete collapse by remembering that it was not irreverence , but simply spiritual ignorance on the part of Anne that was responsible for this extraordinary petition . She tucked the child up in bed , mentally vowing that she should be taught a prayer the very next day , and was leaving the room with the light when Anne called her back . `` I 've just thought of it now . I should have said , ` Amen ' in place of ` yours respectfully , ' should n't I ? -- the way the ministers do . I 'd forgotten it , but I felt a prayer should be finished off in some way , so I put in the other . Do you suppose it will make any difference ? '' `` I -- I do n't suppose it will , '' said Marilla . `` Go to sleep now like a good child . Good night . '' `` I can only say good night tonight with a clear conscience , '' said Anne , cuddling luxuriously down among her pillows . Marilla retreated to the kitchen , set the candle firmly on the table , and glared at Matthew . `` Matthew Cuthbert , it 's about time somebody adopted that child and taught her something . She 's next door to a perfect heathen . Will you believe that she never said a prayer in her life till tonight ? I 'll send her to the manse tomorrow and borrow the Peep of the Day series , that 's what I 'll do . And she shall go to Sunday-school just as soon as I can get some suitable clothes made for her . I foresee that I shall have my hands full .
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