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5 Queen's College |
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One day Marilla said,'Anne,your new teacher,Miss Stacy,spoke to me yesterday. |
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She says you must study for the examinations for Queen's College in two years'time. |
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Then if you do well,you can study at Queen's in Charlotte-town for a year, |
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and after that you'll be a teacher!' |
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'Oh Marilla!I'd love to be a teacher!But won't it be very expensive?' |
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'That doesn't matter,Anne. |
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When Matthew and I adopted you three years ago, |
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we decided to look after you as well as we could.Of course we'll pay for you to study.' |
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So in the afternoons Anne and some of her friends stayed late at school, |
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and Miss Stacy helped them with the special examination work. |
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Diana didn't want to go to Queen's,so she went home early,but Gilbert stayed. |
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He and Anne still never spoke and everybody knew that they were enemies, |
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because they both wanted to be first in the examination. |
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Secretly,Anne was sorry that she and Gilbert weren't friends,but it was too late now. |
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For two years Anne studied hard at school. |
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She enjoyed learning,and Miss Stacy was pleased with her. |
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But she didn't study all the time. |
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In the evenings and at weekends she visited her friends, |
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or walked through the fields with Diana,or sat talking to Matthew. |
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'Your Anne is a big girl now.She's taller than you,' |
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Rachel Lynde told Marilla one day. |
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'You're right,Rache!'said Marilla in surprise. |
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'And she's a very good girl now,isn't she?She doesn't get into trouble these days. |
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I'm sure she helps you a lot with the housework,Marilla.' |
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'Yes,I don't know what I'd do without her,'said Marilla,smiling. |
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'And look at her!Those beautiful grey eyes,and that red-brown hair! |
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You know,Marilla,I thought you and Matthew made a mistake when you adopted her. |
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But now I see I was wrong.You've looked after her very well.' |
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'Well,thank you,Rachel,'replied Marilla,pleased. |
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That evening,when Matthew came into the kitchen,he saw that his sister was crying. |
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'What's the matter?'he asked,surprised. |
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'You haven't cried since…well,I can't remember when.' |
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'It's just…well,I was thinking about Anne,'said Marilla. |
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'I'll…I'll miss her when she goes away.' |
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'When she goes to Queen's,you mean? |
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Yes,but she can come home at weekends,on the train.' |
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'I'll still miss her,'said Marilla sadly. |
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In June the Avonlea boys and girls had to go to Charlotte-town to take their examinations. |
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'Oh,I do hope that I've done well,' |
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Anne told Diana when she arrived back at Green Gables. |
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'The examinations were very difficult. |
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And I've got to wait for three weeks before I know!Three weeks!I'll die!' |
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Anne wanted to do better than Gilbert. |
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But she also wanted to do well for Matthew and Marilla.That was very important to her. |
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Diana was the first to hear the news. |
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She ran into the kitchen at Green Gables and shouted, |
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'Look,Anne!It's in Father's newspaper! |
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You're first…with Gilbert…out of all the students on the island! |
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Oh,how wonderful!'Anne took the paper with shaking hands, |
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and saw her name,at the top of the list of two hundred.She could not speak. |
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'Well,now,I knew it,'said Matthew with a warm smile. |
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'You've done well,I must say,Anne,'said Marilla,who was secretly very pleased. |
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For the next three weeks Anne and Marilla were very busy. |
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Anne needed new dresses to take to Charlottetown. |
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The evening before she left,she put on one of her new dresses to show Matthew. |
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Marilla watched the happy young face. |
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She remembered the strange,thin little child,with her sad eyes, |
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who arrived at Green Gables five years ago,and she started crying quietly. |
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'Marilla,why are you crying?'asked Anne. |
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'I was just thinking of you when you were a little girl,'said Marilla. |
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'And…you're going away now…and I'll be lonely without you.' |
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Anne took Marilla's face in her hands,'Marilla,nothing will change. |
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Perhaps I'm bigger and older now,but I'll always be your little Anne. |
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And I'll love you and Matthew and Green Gables more every day of my life.' |
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Marilla could not say what she felt,like Anne,but she could show it. |
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She put her arms round her girl and held her close to her heart. |
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And so for the next year Anne lived in Charlottetown,and went to college every day. |
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She sometimes came home at weekends,but she had to study hard. |
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Some of her Avonlea friends were at Queen's too,and also her enemy,Gilbert Blythe. |
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Anne saw that he often walked and talked with other girls. |
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She felt sure that she and Gilbert could have some interesting conversations. |
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But she didn't want to be the first to speak to him,and he never looked at her. |
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There were examinations at the end of the college year,in May. |
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Anne studied very hard for them. |
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'I'd love to get the first place,'she thought.'Or perhaps I could get the Avery prize.' |
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This was a prize for the student who was best at English writing, |
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and Anne knew she was good at that. |
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The Avery prize paid for a free place for four years at Redmond College, |
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one of the best colleges in Canada. |
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When news of the examinations came,Anne waited for her friends to tell her. |
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She heard shouting.'It's Gilbert!He's the first!'She felt ill. |
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But just then she heard another shout.'Anne Shirley's got the Avery!' |
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And then all the girls were round her,laughing and shouting. |
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'Matthew and Marilla will be pleased!'thought Anne. |
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'Now I can go on studying,and they won't have to pay!' |