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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Anne of Green Gables by Lucy Maud Montgomery: that Marilla made her sew an extra patchwork square by way of
steadying her nerves.
On Sunday Anne confided to Marilla on the way home from church
that she grew actually cold all over with excitement when the
minister announced the picnic from the pulpit.
"Such a thrill as went up and down my back, Marilla! I don't
think I'd ever really believed until then that there was honestly
going to be a picnic. I couldn't help fearing I'd only imagined it.
But when a minister says a thing in the pulpit you just have to
believe it."
"You set your heart too much on things, Anne," said Marilla, with
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