That was like being stabbed in the back. Anne turned red. "She made a mistake!" she hissed. She didn't want the other girls to overhear them. Some of them where indeed looking in their direction and clearly trying to listen to the conversation. "And she'll be punished for it for the rest of her life!" The girl's lip trembled for a moment as Anne struggled to restrain herself. All she wanted to do was toss her work down, run away and have a good cry. "She didn't mean for any of this to happen." Anne pulled a face as she pricked herself with her needle due to her trembling hands.