[At the mention of passion, her cheeks blush more deeply although she does try her very best to convert that flush into a righteous anger. With a little comical stomp of one foot on the floor (that she certainly never intended to be comical but instead rather serious and damning) Anne turns directly to Mikado. Kida will find himself on the receiving end of a very cold shoulder -- but somehow that cold shoulder hardly seems like it should be effective or at all insulting. Like a small child's pout.]

Perhaps I simply will. It does seem as though some people here are frightfully lacking in manners. Though, I suppose that I was too when I first left the orphanage. Marilla said I did not actually know any better what with never being taught right from wrong but I still knew it was terrible to tease a girl so about her hair. [At least he hasn't brought the freckles into it.]