Anne of Green Gables Page #13

Oh, you do beat all, girl.

When are you going to have any sense?

I think my prospects are brightening.

I just saw the pass list for Queens.

For better or for worse I tied,

with Gilbert Blythe, for first.

First?

Oh, Anne. You must be so proud.

I must say, you've done

pretty well for yourself, Anne.

Well, I guess she has done well, Marilla. Far be

it for me to be backward when praise is due.

You're a credit to us all

and we're all proud of you.

Woah.

Good afternoon, Miss Cuthbert.

Good afternoon.

I'm Gilbert Blythe.

Yes. You've grown

into quite a young man.

So, you must be very proud of Anne. It's a

real challenge keeping up with her at school.

Yes, Matthew and I are both proud.

She has the talent to

make something of herself.

But she's still very young, Gilbert.

Good afternoon.

Good afternoon, ma'am.

So, what are you gonna recite, Anne?

I've decided to give "The Highwayman".

It's very pathetic.

Laura Spencer is giving a comic

recitation, but I prefer to make people cry.

Are you nervous?

A little bit, even though I've

stood out in public so often.

But I feel very

well-prepared and that helps.

Well, this organdy will look elegant under all

the electric lights at the White Sands Hotel.

Oh, mother tried to convince me to

audition for a violin solo. Can you imagine?

I mean, I haven't picked

up a bow in three years.

The Charlottetown hospital is a worthy cause and all,

but I am not prepared to suffer humiliation for it.

We're all amateurs. They may be very sorry they've

asked any of us to do it when it's all over.

Oh, hardly the case with you, Anne.

After standing first at Queens, you

can do no wrong in this community.

Someone ought to tell that to Marilla.

Well, Mr. Cuthbert is sure proud.

He plunks down his money awful quick these days

for anything I tell him is pretty and fashionable.

Alice Lawson! You devil! Don't you

go abusing Matthew's generosity to me.

You do have good taste though.

I'll see you at the concert.

Hello, Anne.

Whoa.

Can I offer you a ride home?

You promised we were going

to be friends. Remember?

Well, alright then. It is rather

awkward with all these.

It was good of you to stop.

Seems I'm developing quite a habit of

getting you out of awkward situations.

I thought a lot about what

happened at the bridge, Gilbert.

What I mean to say is, it was very

rude of me to just run off like that.

But I was very overwrought over learning my

score,- our score. I mean, I wasn't myself.

That's alright. Life's too

short to hold grudges, anyway.

It's a valiant of you to say so. You'll

go far with that kind of attitude.

You know what you're going

to study at Queens yet, Anne?

I intend on taking my teacher's license in one

year instead of two, at Miss Stacey's suggestion.

Gee, I was imagining you would

have a career on the stage.

Well, I think you'd make a swell

actress, especially as the Lily Maid.

I hear you're giving "The Highwayman"

at the White Sands recital.

My life is an open book,

I see. Who told you that?

Well, I have a little

confession to make.

I was just at the Lawson's myself and

Alice told me you were walking home.

Oh.

I'm going to try to get you

an encore while you're up there

so make sure you have a

second selection ready.

Nobody is gonna encore me.

Well, I would. Especially if I had the

honor of escorting you to the concert.

Uh, I don't know. I promised the

Barry's I'd go with them, but...

I think you're old enough to

make up your own mind, Anne.

I've always been old enough

to make up my own mind.

Very well then, Gilbert. I'd be

pleased to accept your invitation.

Could you let me off at the corner, please. I'm going

to take a shortcut and show Diana what I bought.

Well, Matthew say something.

She was holding his hand.

She'd have to hold his hand if he

was helping her out of the buggy.

What was she doing in that buggy?

Nothing worth all this fussing.

She's just a child, Matthew. She

doesn't know what she's doing.

Hello everyone. Sorry I was late.

I stopped over at Diana's and she just

loves the material you chose, Matthew.

Anne Shirley,...

I've just been informed by a reliable source

that you were seen at Avonlea crossroads

in a buggy with a young man.

- Marilla!

He only offered me a ride home.

He was just being friendly.

Not according to Rachel Lynde.

Rachel Lynde?

Yes. Rachel Lynde saw you.

Marilla, she ain't done nothing wrong.

Matthew. Remember, in the beginning,

I told you not to put your oar in.

I'm sorry I lost my temper, Anne.

Marilla, please. I never meant

anything to come of all this.

And nothing has, as yet.

Anne, you've changed so much.

Grown so tall and so stylish.

You don't belong in Avonlea anymore.

I get lonely just thinking about it.

You'll be going off into the

world to make your way and...

you don't want to make any ties here

that you might come to regret later.

It doesn't matter where

I go or how I change,...

I'll always be your Anne.

Anne of Green Gables.

I want you to give this to him.

"Dear Gilbert, I regret that I will be unable

to attend the White Sands concert with you.

Sincerely, Anne Shirley."

Why won't you go with him?

Plenty of reasons why I won't go. I only

accepted in the first place because he dared me.

Well, I think you owe

him an explanation.

I hope you don't ruin your

dress driving there in the dust.

And it's far too thin for this damp

weather. I'm sorry, I ever agreed to it.

Thank you, Matthew.

Well, there's no use in saying anything to you,

Matthew, but those pearls look absolutely ridiculous.

I don't know where you

get these silly ideas.

Matthew is proud of the way I look.

Anne!

They're here.

Thank you, Marilla and Matthew.

I mustn't keep them waiting.

Now, mind you keep your

dress clear of the wheel.

Good luck, Anne!

I'll be watching for you both.

Gilbert gave me this in return for your

note. He's coming to watch you anyway.

I didn't want Jane or her

gabby brother to see.

"...to your own opinion.

It would have been easier if you had told me in

person. Hope you can still consider me your friend.

Sincerely, Gilbert Blythe."

I won't be accused of

being a coward, Diana.

He doesn't understand. Tell him I'll speak to

him the first minute I can steal away tonight.

Calm down, Anne.

I'm so ashamed. I can't go

up on that stage. I can't.

They'll be merciless if I fail.

You've never failed at

anything, Anne Shirley... Go on.

Ho! ho! the breakers roared

At daybreak,

on the bleak sea-beach,

a fisherman stood aghast,

To see the form of a maiden fair,

Lashed close to a drifting mast.

The salt sea was frozen on her breast,

The salt tears in her eyes;

And he saw her hair,

like the brown sea-weed

On the billows fall and rise.

Such was the wreck of the Hesperus,

In the midnight and the snow!

God save us all from a death like this,

On the reef of Norman's Woe!

Mrs. Evans has just

completed a European tour.

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