Anne of Green Gables L. M. Montgomery (distant reading .TXT) đ
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âMiss Stacy never mentioned such a thing to me, Anne, and itâs only your guilty conscience thatâs the matter with you. You have no business to be taking storybooks to school. You read too many novels anyhow. When I was a girl I wasnât so much as allowed to look at a novel.â
âOh, how can you call Ben Hur a novel when itâs really such a religious book?â protested Anne. âOf course itâs a little too exciting to be proper reading for Sunday, and I only read it on weekdays. And I never read any book now unless either Miss Stacy or Mrs. Allan thinks it is a proper book for a girl thirteen and three-quarters to read. Miss Stacy made me promise that. She found me reading a book one day called, The Lurid Mystery of the Haunted Hall. It was one Ruby Gillis had lent me, and, oh, Marilla, it was so fascinating and creepy. It just curdled the blood in my veins. But Miss Stacy said it was a very silly, unwholesome book, and she asked me not to read any more of it or any like it. I didnât mind promising not to read any more like it, but it was agonizing to give back that book without knowing how it turned out. But my love for Miss Stacy stood the test and I did. Itâs really wonderful, Marilla, what you can do when youâre truly anxious to please a certain person.â
âWell, I guess Iâll light the lamp and get to work,â said Marilla. âI see plainly that you donât want to hear what Miss Stacy had to say. Youâre more interested in the sound of your own tongue than in anything else.â
âOh, indeed, Marilla, I do want to hear it,â cried Anne contritely. âI wonât say another wordâ ânot one. I know I talk too much, but I am really trying to overcome it, and although I say far too much, yet if you only knew how many things I want to say and donât, youâd give me some credit for it. Please tell me, Marilla.â
âWell, Miss Stacy wants to organize a class among her advanced students who mean to study for the entrance examination into Queenâs. She intends to give them extra lessons for an hour after school. And she came to ask Matthew and me if we would like to have you join it. What do you think about it yourself, Anne? Would you like to go to Queenâs and pass for a teacher?â
âOh, Marilla!â Anne straightened to her knees and clasped her hands. âItâs been the dream of my lifeâ âthat is, for the last six months, ever since Ruby and Jane began to talk of studying for the Entrance. But I didnât say anything about it, because I supposed it would be perfectly useless. Iâd love to be a teacher. But wonât it be dreadfully expensive? Mr. Andrews says it cost him one hundred and fifty dollars to put Prissy through, and Prissy wasnât a dunce in geometry.â
âI guess you neednât worry about that part of it. When Matthew and I took you to bring up we resolved we would do the best we could for you and give you a good education. I believe in a girl being fitted to earn her own living whether she ever has to or not. Youâll always have a home at Green Gables as long as Matthew and I are here, but nobody knows what is going to happen in this uncertain world, and itâs just as well to be prepared. So you can join the Queenâs class if you like, Anne.â
âOh, Marilla, thank you.â Anne flung her arms about Marillaâs waist and looked up earnestly into her face. âIâm extremely grateful to you and Matthew. And Iâll study as hard as I can and do my very best to be a credit to you. I warn you not to expect much in geometry, but I think I can hold
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