23 - I Have Learned to Look Upon Each Little Hindrance as a Jest and Each Great One as the Foreshadowing of Victory

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[00:01] Anne
    My last year at Redmond has begun.
[00:05] Anne
    We fought for graduation honors,
[00:08] Anne
    poring over classics
[00:10] Anne
    and pounding away at mathematics.
[00:13] Anne
    Sometimes we grew tired.
    Sometimes we felt discouraged.
[00:21] Anne
    Come in.
[00:22] Stella
    Oh, I've had enough!
[00:26] Stella
    Nothing seems worthwhile.
[00:31] Stella
    What are you laughing over?
[00:33] Anne
    Just looking over some old Story Club yarns.
[00:38] Anne
    I wanted some relief,
    so I dug these out of my trunk.
[00:42] Anne
    They are so drenched in tears and tragedy
    that they are excruciatingly funny.
[00:47] Stella
    I'm blue and discouraged myself.
[00:52] Stella
    But there's nothing funny about it.
[00:54] Stella
    What is the use of living after all, Anne?
[00:59] Anne
    You should read this.
[01:04] Stella
    "My Graves"?
[01:06] Anne
    My masterpiece.
[01:07] Anne
    Mr. Harrison would say it's about people
    I don't know in places I know no better.
[01:14] Anne
    Phil would say it's killing—
    in more sense than one,
[01:19] Anne
    for nobody in it can escape being murdered
    or else dying of a broken heart.
[01:28] Anne
    Doesn't it make you laugh?
[01:30] Anne
    I'm sure I wanted to wax sentimental.
[01:33] Anne
    Although I was surrounded by dear
    things whether I shed tears or not.
[01:38] Anne
    I see that now.
[01:44] Anne
    What's this?
[01:47] Anne
    Oh, yes. I remember.
[01:49] Anne
    It's a little dialogue in a garden
    blooming with asters and sweet-peas,
[01:53] Anne
    between a visiting wild canary and
    the guardian spirit of the place.
[01:58] Anne
    I recall the day I wrote it.
[02:01] Anne
    I fell through the roof of the
    Cobb duck house on Tory Road.
[02:10] Anne
    Marilla scolded me something fierce.
[02:21] Anne
    I believe I will.
SIGN    Chapter 23
SIGN    I Have Learned to Look upon
    Each Little Hindrance as a Jest
    and Each Great One as the
    Foreshadowing of Victory
[03:58] Philippa
    Thank you.
[04:01] Philippa
    Three for Stella.
[04:04] Philippa
    Two for Prissy.
[04:05] Priscilla
    Thank you.
[04:07] Philippa
    Here is a letter with an Indian
    stamp for you, Aunt Jimsie.
[04:13] Priscilla
    Who could be writing from India?
[04:16] Stella
    One of Auntie's three devotees, no doubt.
[04:21] Philippa
    There's nothing for you,
    Anne, except a circular.
[04:25] Philippa
    And this glorious fat one
    is for me from Jonas.
[04:31] Philippa
    Honey, what good thing has happened?
[04:34] Anne
    The Youth's Friend has accepted a little
    sketch I sent them a fortnight ago!
[04:41] Philippa
    Anne Shirley!
[04:42] Philippa
    When is it to be published?
    Did they pay you for it?
[04:45] Anne
    They've sent a check for ten dollars,
[04:48] Anne
    and the editor writes that he would
    like to see more of my work.
[04:52] Philippa
    What was it?
[04:54] Anne
    It was an old sketch set in Avonlea.
[04:58] Anne
    I rewrote it and sent it in, but I never
    really thought it could be accepted,
[05:04] Anne
    because it had no tragedy,
    romance, or even a plot.
[05:07] Philippa
    What are you going to do
    with that ten dollars?
[05:10] Philippa
    Let's all go up town and get drunk!
[05:13] Stella
    Oh, Phil.
[05:15] Priscilla
    Think of having a real live
    author at Patty's Place!
[05:18] Jamesina
    It's a great responsibility.
[05:21] Priscilla
    Indeed it is.
[05:23] Priscilla
    Authors are kittle cattle. You never
    know when or how they will break out.
[05:26] Stella
    Yes.
[05:27] Stella
    Anne may make copy of us.
[05:30] Philippa; Priscilla
    Oh, what a horrible thought!
[05:32] Anne
    I would never.
[05:35] Jamesina
    I meant that the ability to write for
    the Press was a great responsibility.
[05:46] Roy
    That's marvelous.
[05:47] Anne
    But I've only had short pieces accepted yet.
[05:52] Roy
    I believe you have a God-given talent.
[05:57] Anne
    I don't know about that,
    but I mean to continue.
[06:01] Anne
    I'd like to write better stories.
[06:04] Roy
    I'm behind you.
[06:05] Roy
    I know you could become a great author.
[06:09] Anne
    Thank you.
[06:14] Anne
    Look at them mooning.
[06:17] Roy
    By the way, shall you be
    home Saturday afternoon?
[06:20] Anne
    Y-Yes.
[06:22] Roy
    My mother and sisters are
    coming to call on you.
[06:26] Anne
    What?!
[06:27] Roy
    I'm sorry to spring this on you.
[06:29] Anne
    N-No,
[06:31] Anne
    I shall be glad to see them.
[06:35] Philippa
    Roy's mother is coming herself?
[06:38] Philippa
    Well, I suppose it was inevitable.
[06:40] Philippa
    Anyway, she must view you as a
    possible member of the clan.
[06:46] Philippa
    You'll be weighed in the balance, Anne.
[06:50] Stella
    Phil, is that any way to put it?
[06:53] Anne
    It's all right.
[06:54] Anne
    I shall not try to make a good impression.
[06:58] Anne
    I shall just be myself.
[07:05] Anne
    Tomorrow is Saturday.
[07:06] Anne
    What shall I wear to meet them?
[07:09] Stella
    This is Roy's mother, remember.
    You'd better dress good and proper.
[07:13] Anne
    You're probably right.
[07:15] Jamesina
    Stella, tidy up a bit.
[07:18] Jamesina
    The place looks a mess.
[07:19] Stella
    I can't help it.
[07:21] Stella
    I can't write so much as one
    page of a report any other way.
[07:25] Anne
    Should I do my hair up high, do you think?
[07:29] Priscilla
    There! That's the chocolate cake done!
[07:33] Jamesina
    My, but that does look good.
[07:36] Priscilla
    Come on, Anne.
    Stop brooding and come to tea.
[07:40] Anne
    All right.
[07:43] Philippa
    That smells divine.
[07:44] Priscilla
    Doesn't it?
[07:50] Priscilla
    And here I spent half a day baking it!
[07:54] Philippa
    Don't worry. It's still edible.
[07:57] Philippa
    Anne, get a dishcloth from the kitchen.
[08:00] Anne
    All right.
[08:05] Philippa
    Would you answer that, Stella?
[08:08] Philippa
    It must be the new hat I ordered.
[08:11] Stella
    Then you answer it.
[08:13] Stella
    I'm at an important part.
[08:19] Philippa
    Oh, fine, then.
[08:21] Philippa
    Thank you for—
[08:23] Gardner
    Is this Patty's Place?
[08:27] Philippa
    Yes.
[08:28] Gardner
    My name is Gardner.
[08:31] Philippa
    M-Mrs. Gardner?
[08:33] Gardner
    Is Miss Anne Shirley at home?
[08:36] Philippa
    J-Just one moment.
[08:38] Philippa
    W-We have an emergency!
    It's Mrs. Gardner.
[08:41] Anne; Priscilla; Stella
    What?!
[08:42] Priscilla
    Wasn't she coming tomorrow?!
[08:43] Anne
    Mrs. Gardner?!
[08:44] Philippa
    Don't ask me!
[08:45] Philippa
    Anyway, she's here now!
[08:47] Philippa
    Anne, hurry and change clothes.
[08:48] Philippa
    Stella, tidy up that mess!
[08:52] Priscilla
    What about the cake?
[08:55] Philippa
    Throw that dishcloth over it for now!
[09:01] Philippa
    Hello. So sorry to keep you waiting.
[09:05] Philippa
    My name is Philippa Gordon.
[09:09] Philippa
    I'm Anne Shirley's classmate.
[09:11] Philippa
    Roy has always been very kind to me.
[09:16] Gardner
    Well?
[09:18] Gardner
    Is Miss Anne Shirley at home?
[09:21] Philippa
    Yes, she'll be with us in a moment.
[09:23] Philippa
    Wh-Why, here she comes now!
[09:27] Anne
    I-It's a pleasure to meet you.
[09:29] Anne
    I'm Anne Shirley.
[09:32] Anne
    Welcome to Patty's Place.
[09:36] Gardner
    These are my daughters,
    Aline and Dorothy.
[09:39] Dorothy
    Pleased to meet you.
[09:40] Anne
    The pleasure is mine. I'm Anne.
[09:46] Anne
    What now? I must say something*.
[09:50] Anne
    Um...
[09:57] Aline
    What rude creatures!
[09:58] Anne
    Joseph! Rusty!
[10:01] Gardner
    Miss Shirley.
[10:02] Anne
    Yes?
[10:02] Gardner
    You are...
[10:04] Gardner
    fond of cats?
[10:06] Anne
    Well, yes.
[10:08] Gardner
    I have never liked cats.
[10:12] Anne
    Y-You don't say.
[10:15] Dorothy
    I love them!
[10:17] Dorothy
    They are so nice and selfish.
[10:21] Dorothy
    Dogs are too good and unselfish.
[10:24] Dorothy
    But cats are gloriously human.
[10:27] Gardner
    You hold your tongue.
[10:29] Aline
    You have two delightful
    old china dogs there.
[10:34] Aline
    May I look at them closely?
[10:37] Anne
    Yes, go ahead.
[10:39] Aline
    What breed of dogs are they, I wonder.
[10:42] Anne
    I c-couldn't say.
[10:50] Aline
    Here, now!
[10:51] Aline
    Stop that!
[10:55] Dorothy
    Aline! Are you hurt?
[10:58] Aline
    Really, is it any wonder I detest cats?!
[11:02] Gardner
    Tell me, Miss Shirley.
[11:04] Anne
    Y-Yes?
[11:05] Gardner
    What are your intentions concerning my son?
[11:10] Gardner
    If—
[11:12] Dorothy
    My.
[11:16] Gardner
    Well then, if you will excuse us.
[11:19] Anne
    Please, take care.
[11:27] Dorothy
    Anne!
[11:29] Dorothy
    Roy has told me all about you.
[11:32] Dorothy
    I'm the only one of the
    family he tells things to.
[11:37] Dorothy
    Nobody could confide in
    mamma and Aline, you know.
[11:41] Dorothy
    I know you and I are going to be chums.
[11:47] Anne
    Yes. Thank you, Dorothy.
[11:51] Dorothy
    What glorious times you
    girls must have here!
[11:54] Dorothy
    Won't you let me come often
    and have a share in them?
[11:58] Anne
    Of course.
[12:00] Anne
    Come as often as you like.
[12:04] Jamesina
    People who send word they are coming
    on Saturday shouldn't come on Friday.
[12:09] Philippa
    Where is Anne?
[12:10] Stella
    Upstairs.
[12:12] Anne
    Dorothy...
[12:13] Anne
    is a really cheerful dear.
[12:16] Anne
    Aline...
[12:17] Anne
    will never like me. That much is certain.
[12:20] Anne
    And Mrs. Gardner...
[12:24] Anne
    Still, Rusty and Joseph,
    what a welcome you gave them.
[12:45] Roy
    How were your examinations?
[12:47] Anne
    I've done all that I can.
[12:49] Anne
    All that remains is to
    await the results.
[12:51] Roy
    Don't worry. I know you'll do well.
[12:55] Anne
    Thank you.
[12:56] Roy
    I can see it now.
[13:01] Roy
    If it's about the visit, I told
    you it was to be Saturday.
[13:06] Dorothy
    I said the same thing, but
    mother insisted it was Friday.
[13:11] Gardner
    You always make out that I am to blame.
[13:14] Gardner
    I suppose you resent me for making
    you accompany me to Europe.
[13:20] Roy
    Of course not.
[13:23] Gardner
    Oh, I do not feel well.
[13:26] Gardner
    I fear that I may take ill again.
[13:30] Anne
    Um...
[13:31] Anne
    I'm sorry that we weren't able to show
    you much hospitality the other day.
[13:36] Anne
    And the cats were too awful.
[13:39] Anne
    But I'm glad that you came on Friday.
[13:44] Anne
    If I had waited for you all until Saturday,
[13:47] Anne
    I know my heart would have been
    crushed under the strain.
[13:53] Anne
    Your coming rescued it.
[13:56] Anne
    Thank you.
[14:00] Roy
    Mother...
[14:01] Roy
    has been especially sensitive about
    many things since her illness.
[14:05] Roy
    She must have given you an awful time.
[14:08] Anne
    No, I hope you'll all come again,
    if you can bear it.
[14:15] Anne
    Roy really is like a prince in a story.
[14:19] Anne
    Gilbert never could be.
[14:24] Anne
    So why do I...
[14:28] Anne
    A few days later,
    the examination results were posted.
[14:31] Anne; Philippa; Priscilla; Stella
    Done at last!
[14:32] Anne
    Prissy took Honors in Classics,
    and Phil in Mathematics.
[14:36] Anne
    Stella obtained a good all-round showing.
[14:39] Anne
    I managed to take Highest Honors in English.
[14:44] Priscilla
    Do you realize that our life
    together is almost over?
[14:48] Stella
    Yes.
[14:49] Philippa
    We can always get together.
[14:51] Anne
    Yes. Let's look on the
    bright side of things.
[14:54] Priscilla
    It won't be so easy.
[14:55] Priscilla
    Phil will be Mrs. Blake once she graduates.
[14:58] Stella
    She'll be a minister's wife,
[15:00] Stella
    far too busy to spare time for us.
[15:04] Philippa
    Yes. I'll be a little candlestick
    to light Jonas's way.
[15:10] Priscilla
    And Roy will propose soon, won't he, Anne?
[15:13] Anne
    Will he? I wonder.
[15:15] Priscilla
    No doubt of it!
[15:17] Priscilla
    It will be rather lonesome.
[15:18] Philippa
    What are you moping for?
[15:21] Anne
    And the morning of Convocation...
[15:24] Anne
    Yes?
[15:26] Jamesina
    Good morning, Anne.
[15:28] Jamesina
    Delivery for you.
[15:33] Roy
    Dearest Anne,
[15:34] Roy
    No doubt your brilliance will*
    dazzle my eyes on graduation day.
[15:39] Roy
    Royal Gardner.
[15:54] Roy
    That concludes my address.
[15:56] Roy
    Thank you all for listening.
[15:58] Roy
    I am Royal Gardner,
    speaking for the graduating class.
[16:05] Chancellor
    We anticipate your accomplishments.
[16:07] Female Student
    Thank you, sir.
[16:12] Chancellor
    Congratulations. We are proud of you,
[16:16] Chancellor
    Anne Shirley.
[16:17] Anne
    Thank you, sir.
[16:28] Philippa
    Gilbert sent you those
    lilies-of-the-valley, didn't he?
[16:32] Philippa
    I don't miss much in affairs of the heart.
[16:35] Anne
    Yes.
[16:36] Philippa
    Why?
[16:37] Anne
    I don't know myself. Only...
[16:40] Philippa
    Only what?
[16:41] Anne
    Gilbert and I have both pictured
    this since we were little.
[16:46] Anne
    The day on which we shall be capped
    and gowned graduates in Arts.
[16:51] Philippa
    Roy might be feeling hurt.
[16:54] Anne
    I'll explain it to him.
[16:56] Anne
    I don't want any misunderstands,
    and I plan to wear his flowers to the party.
[17:00] Philippa
    Yes, do that.
[17:03] Philippa
    I don't know what Gilbert
    was thinking, either.
[17:05] Anne
    Why?
[17:06] Philippa
    I heard his engagement to Christine is to be
    announced as soon as Convocation is over.
[17:10] Philippa
    Did you hear anything of it?
[17:12] Anne
    No.
[17:21] Gilbert
    Anne.
[17:23] Gilbert
    May I have a dance?
[17:27] Anne
    I'm sorry.
[17:28] Anne
    My card is full.
[17:31] Gilbert
    Well, that's that.
[17:33] Gilbert
    Some other time, then.
[17:35] Anne
    Yes.
[17:37] Gilbert
    Congratulations again on graduating.
    And on Highest Honors in English.
[17:41] Anne
    Thank you.
[17:43] Anne
    And you took High Honors in
    Classics and the Cooper Prize.
[17:47] Anne
    It hasn't been taken for five years!
[17:52] Gilbert
    Thank you.
[17:53] Gilbert
    Well then...
[17:56] Christine
    Gil, let's dance.
[17:57] Gilbert
    I'd love to.
[18:00] Roy
    Anne.
[18:02] Anne
    Roy.
[18:09] Anne
    You're angry, aren't you?
[18:11] Roy
    No, but I was surprised.
[18:14] Anne
    I'm sorry.
[18:15] Roy
    I never knew I was such a jealous person.
[18:21] Roy
    I'm frightened.
[18:23] Roy
    When I think of losing you...
[18:30] Anne
    The party went on late into the night,
[18:33] Anne
    but Gilbert and Christine's
    engagement was never announced.
[18:41] Anne
    Just imagine, this night week,
     I'll be in Avonlea.
[18:45] Anne
    Delightful thought!
[18:48] Anne
    But I'll be gone forever
    from Patty's Place, too.
[18:53] Philippa
    I wonder if the ghost of all our laughter
[18:55] Philippa
    will echo through the maiden dreams
    of Miss Patty and Miss Maria.
[18:58] Anne
    What nice times we've had here!
[19:03] Anne
    What chats and jokes and
    good, chummy jamborees!
[19:07] Philippa
    I'm to marry Jo in June and I know
    I will be rapturously happy.
[19:14] Philippa
    But just now I feel as if I wanted this
    lovely Redmond life to go on forever.
[19:21] Anne
    No matter what deeper joys
    may come to us later on
[19:24] Anne
    we'll never again have
    just the same delightful,
[19:28] Anne
    irresponsible existence we've had here.
[19:30] Anne
    It's over forever, Phil.
[19:37] Philippa
    What are you going to do with Rusty?
[19:39] Anne
    Aunt Jamesina says she'll take
    him with the other cats.
[19:44] Anne
    I'm sorry to part with Rusty,
[19:47] Anne
    but Marilla detests cats, and I don't
    suppose I'll be at Green Gables very long.
[19:54] Philippa
    Why not?
[19:55] Anne
    I've been offered the principalship
    of the Summerside High School.
[19:59] Philippa
    My! Are you going to accept it?
[20:02] Anne
    I... I haven't decided yet.
[20:08] Philippa
    What a lovely sky.
[20:10] Philippa
    Someone will ask you to go for
    a walk on an evening like this.
[20:14] Anne
    I wonder.
[20:17] Priscilla
    Anne, Roy is here.
[20:20] Priscilla
    He wants to know if you'll walk with him.
[20:25] Priscilla
    Do you think Roy will propose?
[20:28] Philippa
    I'm sure of it.
[20:29] Jamesina
    Anne is a very fortunate girl.
[20:32] Stella
    I suppose so. But is this for the best?
[20:36] Jamesina
    Stella?!
[20:37] Stella
    I love Anne and I like Roy.
[20:41] Stella
    Even Mrs. Gardner thinks Anne charming now.
[20:46] Stella
    But I have my doubts.
[20:51] Anne
    Yes.
[20:54] Anne
    Yes.
[20:57] Anne
    Yes.
[21:10] Roy
    Anne,
[21:12] Roy
    I couldn't be more thankful to have met you
    and spent my time at Redmond with you.
[21:20] Roy
    And I want to be with you always,
    until death takes me.
[21:26] Roy
    Anne,
[21:27] Roy
    would you accept my love
    and consent to marry me?
[21:43] Roy
    Anne?
[21:51] Anne
    I can't.
[21:52] Anne
    I can't marry you.
[21:59] Anne
    I can't!
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