# 21 - Has the Real Prince Come at Last...?
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**[00:07] Marilla**
Anne, there's a letter for you.
**[00:09] Anne**
Thank you, Marilla.
**[00:13] Anne**
It's from Philippa.
**[00:15] Anne**
* Having spent the summer of my*
* twentieth year uneventfully in Avonlea,*
**[00:19] Anne**
* I stood ready to begin my junior year*
* at Redmond come fall.*
**[00:22] Anne**
*And then...*
**[00:25] Anne**
Phil is going...
**[00:29] Anne**
to marry a minister?!
***SIGN*** Chapter 21
***SIGN*** Has the Real Prince
Come at Last...?
**[02:08] Philippa**
*Dear Anne—spelled with an* e*,*
**[02:14] Philippa**
*I'm writing to you from Prospect Point.*
**[02:18] Philippa**
*I always like to spend summers at the shore,*
**[02:21] Philippa**
* and this year, I've come to stay*
* with my cousin Emily here.*
**[02:25] Philippa**
* Emily's "select boardinghouse" has*
* five boarders besides myself—*
**[02:30] Philippa**
*four old ladies and one young man.*
**[02:34] Philippa**
*The young man's name is Jonas Blake.*
**[02:38] Philippa**
* The day I arrived, I saw him*
* sitting opposite to me at the table,*
**[02:43] Philippa**
* smiling at me as if he had*
* known me from my cradle.*
**[02:51] (Flashback) Philippa**
Thank you.
**[02:52] (Flashback) Jonas**
You're welcome.
**[02:53] Philippa**
* He is a theological student*
* from St. Columba,*
**[02:56] Philippa**
* and he has taken charge of the Point*
* Prospect Mission Church for the summer.*
**[03:01] Philippa**
* He has a big, loose-jointed*
* figure with absurdly long legs.*
**[03:05] Philippa**
* And his ears—but I never think*
* about his ears if I can help it.*
**[03:13] Philippa**
*But he has a lovely voice.*
**[03:16] Philippa**
*If you shut your eyes and just listen...*
**[03:16] Jonas**
How pleasantly astringent
this tea is. Delightful.
**[03:19] Old Woman**
Indeed it is.
**[03:20] Philippa**
*...he is adorable.*
**[03:21] Jonas**
It's enough to gladden my heart.
**[03:24] Philippa**
*We were good chums right away.*
**[03:27] Philippa**
* Of course he is a graduate of Redmond,*
* and that is a link between us.*
**[03:32] Philippa**
*We fished and boated together;*
**[03:36] Philippa**
*and we walked on the sands by moonlight.*
**[03:40] Philippa**
*By moonlight...*
**[03:42] Philippa**
*oh, he was nice.*
**[03:46] Philippa**
*Niceness fairly exhaled from him.*
**[03:53] Philippa**
* Somehow, Anne, I don't want*
* him to think me frivolous.*
**[03:59] Philippa**
*This is ridiculous.*
**[04:01] Philippa**
* Why should I care what a*
* tow-haired person called Jonas,*
**[04:06] Philippa**
*whom I never saw before, thinks of me?*
**[04:13] Philippa**
* Last Sunday, Jonas preached*
* in the village church.*
**[04:18] (Flashback) Jonas**
Today, I'd like to think about
happiness with you all.
**[04:23] (Flashback) Jonas**
To wit, what is happiness?
**[04:26] Philippa**
*By the time he had preached ten minutes,*
**[04:26] Jonas**
Some people might answer, "to grow wealthy."
**[04:29] Philippa**
*I felt so small and insignificant*
**[04:30] Jonas**
I think that gaining spiritual
riches is a wonderful thing,
**[04:34] Philippa**
* that I thought I must be*
* invisible to the naked eye.*
**[04:34] Jonas**
but seeking only wealth
pushes happiness away.
**[04:39] Philippa**
*Jonas never looked at me.*
**[04:43] Philippa**
* But I realized how horribly different*
* I must be from Jonas's ideal woman.*
**[04:50] Philippa**
*He was so earnest and tender and true.*
**[04:54] Philippa**
*He was everything a minister ought to be.*
**[04:56] Philippa**
*I could have listened forever.*
**[05:00] Philippa**
* He caught up with me on the road home,*
* and grinned as cheerfully as usual.*
**[05:05] Philippa**
*I had seen the* real *Jonas.*
**[05:10] Philippa**
*I wondered if he could
ever see the* real *Phil—*
**[05:17] Philippa**
* whom nobody—not even you,*
* Anne—has ever seen yet.*
**[05:23] (Flashback) Philippa**
Jonas, you were born to be a minister.
**[05:27] (Flashback) Jonas**
You're right.
**[05:28] (Flashback) Jonas**
I tried to be something
else for a long time.
**[05:34] (Flashback) Jonas**
But I came to see at last that it
was the work given me to do—
**[05:40] (Flashback) Jonas**
and God helping me, I shall try to do it.
**[05:45] Philippa**
* I thought that he would do his*
* work and do it well and nobly;*
**[05:51] Philippa**
* and happy the woman fitted*
* to help him do it.*
**[05:57] Philippa**
**She *would be no feather, blown about
by every fickle wind of fancy.*
**[06:07] Philippa**
**She *would always know what hat to put on.*
**[06:12] Philippa**
*Probably she would have only one.*
**[06:15] Philippa**
* But she wouldn't mind having*
* one hat or none at all,*
**[06:19] Philippa**
*because she would have Jonas.*
**[06:22] Philippa**
* Anne, don't you dare to say or hint*
* that I've fallen in love with Jonas.*
**[06:28] Philippa**
* Could I care for a lank,*
* poor, ugly theologue?*
**[06:32] Philippa**
*Good night.*
**[06:35] Philippa**
*P.S. It is impossible—*
**[06:38] Philippa**
*but I am horribly afraid it's true.*
**[06:45] Philippa**
**He *can* never *care for me, I know.*
**[06:51] Philippa**
* Do you think I could ever develop into*
* a passable minister's wife, Anne?*
**[06:58] Philippa**
*And* would *they expect me to lead in prayer?*
**[07:03] Philippa**
*Phil Gordon.*
**[07:09] Anne**
I've an afternoon to spend
in sweet doing nothing.
**[07:14] Anne**
Shall I spend it here where there is a
cozy fire, a plateful of delicious russets,
**[07:20] Anne**
and three purring and harmonious cats?
**[07:26] Anne**
Or shall I go to the park, where
there is the lure of gray woods
**[07:30] Anne**
and of gray water lapping
on the harbor rocks?
**[07:32] Jamesina**
If I was as young as you,
I'd decide in favor of the park.
**[07:36] Anne**
I thought that you claimed to be
as young as any of us, Auntie.
**[07:42] Jamesina**
Yes, in my soul.
**[07:45] Jamesina**
But I'll admit my legs
aren't as young as yours.
**[07:49] Jamesina**
You go and get some fresh air, Anne.
**[07:52] Jamesina**
You look pale lately.
**[07:56] Anne**
I think I will go to the park.
**[07:58] Anne**
I want to feel alone and free and wild.
**[08:02] Jamesina**
Take your umbrella,
for I believe it's going to rain.
**[08:05] Anne**
Rain? I shouldn't think so.
**[08:07] Stella**
You shouldn't flirt so with
Mr. Blake—you really shouldn't.
**[08:10] Philippa**
I'm not flirting with him.
**[08:13] Stella**
You don't fool me. You're amusing yourself.
**[08:19] Stella**
Mr. Blake isn't of the
Alec-and-Alonzo type, Phil.
**[08:22] Stella**
He takes things seriously.
**[08:25] Stella**
You may break his heart.
**[08:30] Philippa**
Do you really think I could?!
**[08:34] Stella**
Philippa Gordon!
**[08:35] Stella**
I never thought you were utterly unfeeling.
**[08:39] Stella**
You are leading that man on deliberately—
**[08:42] Stella**
and you know you don't mean anything by it.
**[08:44] Philippa**
Not so, honey.
**[08:46] Philippa**
I mean to make him ask me
to marry him if I can.
**[08:50] Stella**
I give you up!
**[08:52] Anne**
Stella!
**[08:57] Anne**
Give her a proper explanation later.
**[08:59] Philippa**
You know I will.
**[09:03] Male Student**
Excuse me!
**[09:06] Male Student**
I... I know this is sudden, Anne Shirley.
**[09:09] Male Student**
May I have a moment? Just a moment?
**[09:11] Male Student**
Would you please hear me out?
**[09:14] Anne**
I cannot give you the answer you hope for.
**[09:17] Anne**
I'm sorry.
**[09:33] (Flashback) Anne**
Oh, Gilbert, you've spoiled everything.
**[09:43] Anne**
*If the real Prince Charming will never come,*
**[09:46] Anne**
*I need no substitutes.*
**[10:10] Roy**
Pardon me.
**[10:12] Roy**
May I offer you the shelter of my umbrella?
**[10:21] Anne**
*P-Pri...*
**[10:23] Anne**
*Prince Charming?*
**[10:35] Roy**
You'll get rained on.
**[10:37] Roy**
Come under my umbrella.
**[10:44] Anne**
Th-Thank you.
**[10:47] Roy**
We can wait there until this shower is over.
**[10:56] Anne**
I didn't know what I would do when
my umbrella turned inside out.
**[11:01] Roy**
If you'd like.
**[11:02] Anne**
Oh, I have my own! But thank you.
**[11:10] Roy**
My name is Royal Gardner.
**[11:13] Roy**
And you are the Miss Shirley who wrote
that Tennyson paper, aren't you?
**[11:18] Anne**
Yes, I am.
**[11:19] Roy**
I thought so.
**[11:21] Roy**
Then we are schoolmates, I see.
**[11:24] Anne**
I'm sorry, but I cannot place you at all.
**[11:28] Roy**
I'm sure you can't.
**[11:29] Roy**
I don't belong to any class yet.
**[11:33] Roy**
I put in two years at Redmond,
then I went to Europe for a spell.
**[11:38] Roy**
Now I've come back to finish my arts course.
**[11:41] Anne**
This is my junior year, too.
**[11:44] Roy**
So we are classmates...
**[11:46] Anne**
As well as college-mates!
**[11:51] Roy**
I suddenly regret the two years
I couldn't spend with you.
**[12:01] Roy**
It appears even the weather
has blessed our meeting.
**[12:06] Roy**
Come. I'll walk you home.
**[12:09] Anne**
Oh, you needn't. It isn't far.
**[12:11] Roy**
Come on.
**[12:17] Roy**
What shall I call you, Miss Shirley?
**[12:21] Anne**
Anne. Spelled with an *e*, if you don't mind.
**[12:25] Roy**
Anne. How was that?
**[12:29] Anne**
Perfect.
**[12:31] Roy**
May I see you again, Anne?
**[12:34] Roy**
I'd like to talk at our leisure.
**[12:37] Anne**
Yes. Yes, of course.
**[12:48] Philippa**
Royal Gardner!
**[12:50] Philippa**
Where did you meet him?! Be honest!
**[12:54] Anne**
Today in the park.
**[12:55] Anne**
My umbrella turned inside out and
he came to my rescue with his.
**[13:00] Philippa**
Oh! And is that exceedingly commonplace
incident any reason why he should send us
**[13:07] Philippa**
long-stemmed roses by the dozen,
with a very sentimental rhyme?
**[13:12] Philippa**
"Anne, my life till now has been
but a prologue to meeting you!"
**[13:18] Philippa**
You're blushing rosy-red.
**[13:19] Anne**
Don't talk nonsense, Phil.
**[13:21] Anne**
Do you know Mr. Gardner?
**[13:23] Philippa**
Yes. Roy is adorably handsome and clever.
**[13:27] Anne**
Is that all?
**[13:28] Philippa**
I've met his two sisters.
**[13:31] Philippa**
The Gardners are among the
richest, bluest, of Bluenoses.
**[13:37] Philippa**
Two years ago, his mother's health failed
and he had to go abroad with her.
**[13:44] Philippa**
He must have been greatly disappointed
to have to give up his class,
**[13:50] Philippa**
but they say he was
perfectly sweet about it.
**[13:55] Philippa**
Anne.
**[13:56] Philippa**
I smell romance.
**[13:58] Anne**
You goose.
**[14:15] Philippa**
Anne, delivery for you.
**[14:19] Philippa**
"Your eyes shine like the morning
star at dawn. Roy Gardner."
**[14:25] Stella; Priscilla**
Wow.
**[14:27] Philippa**
"Surely you stole the rosy hue
of your cheeks from the dawn herself."
**[14:33] Philippa**
"Roy Gardner."
**[14:35] Stella; Priscilla**
Wow!
**[14:36] Philippa**
"Your lips are redder than the
roses of paradise. Roy Gardner."
**[14:57] Philippa**
Your dashing prince has arrived!
**[15:02] Philippa**
Why, how handsome you look!
**[15:05] Philippa**
Nine nights out of ten,
I can easily outshine you.
**[15:09] Philippa**
The tenth, you blossom out suddenly into
something that eclipses me altogether.
**[15:14] Anne**
It's the dress, dear.
**[15:15] Philippa**
'Tisn't.
**[15:17] Philippa**
If Roy hadn't already lost head and heart
about you, he certainly would tonight.
**[15:24] Philippa**
But...
**[15:25] Philippa**
that orchid in your hair.
**[15:28] Philippa**
I'm sure it's a present from Roy,
but I don't like orchids on you.
**[15:33] Philippa**
Don't take offense.
**[15:36] Philippa**
Orchids are too affected.
They don't seem to *belong* to you.
**[15:42] Anne**
You think so, too?
**[15:44] Anne**
I admit I'm not fond of orchids myself.
I don't think they're related to me.
**[15:51] Anne**
But today is a special day.
**[15:53] Philippa**
The reception for the seniors. I know.
**[15:57] Philippa**
Look.
**[15:59] Philippa**
Jonas sent me some dear pink
rosebuds for the evening.
**[16:04] Philippa**
But he isn't coming himself.
**[16:06] Philippa**
He said he had to lead a
prayer meeting in the slums.
**[16:12] Anne**
That's a shame.
**[16:13] Philippa**
I don't believe he wanted to come.
**[16:16] Philippa**
Perhaps Jonas doesn't really
care anything about me.
**[16:22] Anne**
Even though he sent you roses?
**[16:24] Philippa**
I know, but I'm horribly afraid.
**[16:27] Philippa**
And I'm trying to decide whether
I'll pine away and die,
**[16:31] Philippa**
or go on and get my B.A. and
be sensible and useful.
**[16:35] Anne**
You couldn't possibly
be sensible and useful,
**[16:39] Anne**
so you'd better pine away and die.
**[16:41] Philippa**
Heartless Anne!
**[16:42] Anne**
Silly Phil!
**[16:44] Anne**
You know quite well that Jonas loves you.
**[16:49] Philippa**
Yes, but he won't *tell* me so.
**[16:52] Philippa**
Not that I expect sentimental rhymes.
**[16:55] Anne**
Mr. Blake is afraid to ask you to marry him.
**[16:58] Anne**
He is poor and can't offer you a
home such as you've always had.
**[17:06] Philippa**
Very well.
**[17:07] Philippa**
If he *won't* ask me to
marry him, I'll ask him.
**[17:11] Philippa**
That's all.
**[17:12] Philippa**
So it's bound to come right.
**[17:14] Anne**
Think hard,
**[17:15] Anne**
and be mindful of Mr. Blake's feelings.
**[17:19] Philippa**
How angry I was when you
refused Gilbert, Anne.
**[17:25] Philippa**
But I was wrong.
**[17:27] Philippa**
Roy Gardner was foreordained for you.
**[17:31] Philippa**
I can see that now.
**[17:33] Philippa**
You were right, after all.
**[17:36] Philippa**
By the way, Gilbert Blythe is going
about constantly with Christine Stuart.
**[17:41] Philippa**
Did you know?
**[17:42] Anne**
No. Who is Christine Stuart?
**[17:44] Philippa**
She's in Kingsport this
winter studying music.
**[17:47] Philippa**
They say she's very pretty and that
Gilbert is quite crazy over her.
**[17:56] Jamesina**
Mr. Gardner, you're the nicest
young man I ever did see.
**[18:00] Roy**
Oh, I'm sure I'm not.
**[18:02] Jamesina**
Anne is a very fortunate girl
to have met you.
**[18:08] Roy**
Anne.
**[18:09] Roy**
You look radiant this evening.
**[18:12] Anne**
Thank you.
**[18:13] Roy**
That orchid looks lovely on you.
**[18:25] Roy**
Anne.
**[18:27] Roy**
We still have time.
**[18:28] Roy**
Would you mind a slight detour?
**[18:34] Roy**
We met here, at this very spot.
**[18:37] Anne**
Yes. It was an awful squall.
**[18:41] Anne**
But we've fine weather today.
**[18:44] Roy**
Meeting you that day was the
greatest event of my life.
**[18:51] Anne**
And mine, Roy.
**[18:53] Roy**
Anne, I want to tell you plainly.
**[18:57] Roy**
I love you.
**[19:00] Roy**
I'm infatuated with you.
**[19:03] Roy**
I can't imagine life without you.
**[19:07] Roy**
Would you...
**[19:09] Roy**
be mine?
**[19:23] Roy**
Anne...
**[19:25] Roy**
Anne.
**[19:28] Roy**
Forgive me. Did I startle you?
**[19:31] Anne**
A little.
**[19:32] Roy**
Then...
**[19:34] Anne**
Yes.
**[19:35] Anne**
Me, too.
**[19:40] Anne**
* The prince of my dreams just*
* professed his love for me.*
**[19:44] Anne**
*A touch forcefully, I admit.*
**[19:48] Anne**
*I've paid a high price for this day,*
**[19:51] Anne**
* waited so long to hear*
* my prince say that he loves me.*
**[19:56] Anne**
*But...*
**[19:57] Anne**
*I didn't blush.*
**[20:00] Anne**
*I didn't burst into tears.*
**[20:09] Roy**
They seem to be enjoying themselves.
**[20:11] Anne**
Yes, they do.
**[20:13] Gilbert**
You went to the concert the
other day, didn't you?
**[20:16] Christine**
Yes.
**[20:17] Gilbert**
So, what did you think?
**[20:19] Christine**
Oh, it was marvelous.
**[20:26] Anne**
I'll just run to the dressing room.
**[20:32] Anne**
What is the matter with me?
**[20:34] Anne**
Something doesn't sit right.
**[20:45] Roy**
Anne! Here I am.
**[20:46] Anne**
Oh. Thank you for waiting.
**[20:59] Gilbert**
Hello, Anne. How have you been?
**[21:02] Anne**
W-Well.
**[21:04] Anne**
It's been a while, hasn't it?
**[21:06] Gilbert**
Roy sought us out and made a
point to introduce himself.
**[21:11] Roy**
I'd heard you were childhood friends.
**[21:14] Gilbert**
Oh, I'll introduce you.
**[21:16] Gilbert**
Meet Miss Christine Stuart, future musician.
**[21:20] Christine**
It's so nice to meet you.
**[21:22] Anne**
I'm Anne Shirley.
**[21:23] Christine**
You're childhood friends?
**[21:25] Gilbert**
We grew up on Prince Edward Island,
in a village called Avonlea.
**[21:25] Anne**
* She looks just as I've*
* always wanted to look.*
**[21:30] Anne**
* Rose-leaf complexion—*
* starry violet eyes—raven hair...*
**[21:36] Roy**
I know, Anne.
**[21:39] Roy**
Why don't you show me around
Avonlea one of these days?
**[21:42] Roy**
And Gilbert, too, if he's willing.
**[21:46] Gilbert**
Yes, of course, Roy.
**[21:49] Christine**
Then I'll join you!
**[21:51] Christine**
I'd like to see it, too, Gil.
**[21:53] Christine**
Do you mind, Anne?
**[21:55] Anne**
No, of course not, Christine.
**[21:59] Anne**
*But...*
**[22:00] Anne**
* I don't believe her*
* nose is as good as mine.*
***SIGN*** Next Time
***SIGN*** How Horrible It Is
That People Have to Grow Up,
and Marry, and Change!