[Anne Of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery]@TWC D-Link bookAnne Of Green Gables CHAPTER III 5/21
Finally Marilla stepped lamely into the breach. "Well, well, there's no need to cry so about it." "Yes, there IS need!" The child raised her head quickly, revealing a tear-stained face and trembling lips.
"YOU would cry, too, if you were an orphan and had come to a place you thought was going to be home and found that they didn't want you because you weren't a boy.
Oh, this is the most TRAGICAL thing that ever happened to me!" Something like a reluctant smile, rather rusty from long disuse, mellowed Marilla's grim expression. "Well, don't cry any more.
We're not going to turn you out-of-doors to-night.
You'll have to stay here until we investigate this affair. What's your name ?" The child hesitated for a moment. "Will you please call me Cordelia ?" she said eagerly. "CALL you Cordelia? Is that your name ?" "No-o-o, it's not exactly my name, but I would love to be called Cordelia.
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