9 - Next to Trying and Winning, the Best Thing Is Trying and Failing

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[00:01] Anne
    Passing the Queen's Entrance
[00:05] Anne
    meant that I would be leaving
    Avonlea come fall.
[00:10] Diana
    You must write me every day.
[00:13] Anne
    We aren't parting forever, you know?
[00:15] Anne
    But I will write often.
[00:17] Marilla
    You take care, now.
[00:20] Anne
    I will. And I'll come home on weekends.
[00:27] Diana
    Anne!
[01:28] Matthew
    There never was a luckier mistake
    than what Mrs. Spencer made.
[01:35] Marilla
    I suppose not.
[01:37] Matthew
    It was Providence,
[01:41] Matthew
    because the Almighty saw
    we needed her, I reckon.
SIGN    Chapter 9
SIGN    Next to Trying and Winning,
    the Best Thing Is Trying
    and Failing
[03:37] Jane
    I can't help admiring you, Anne.
[03:39] Jane
    I mean, a First-Class teacher's
    license in one year?
[03:43] Ruby
    We'll be doing Second-Class
    work in the same time.
[03:47] Ruby
    It normally takes two years for a
    First-Class license, doesn't it?
[03:50] Anne
    Miss Stacy advised me to
    take up Second-Year work.
[03:54] Anne
    I'll work hard and hope
    I'm equal to the challenge.
[03:57] Jane
    Won't Gilbert be in your class, then?
[04:01] Jane
    Why don't you forget the past
    and be friends with him?
[04:10] Jane
    I think you're being impossible.
[04:12] Jane
    You don't know anyone else in
    your class but Gilbert, do you?
[04:16] Ruby
    Oh, Gilbert!
[04:21] Ruby
    Good morning.
[04:22] Ruby
    We're at a school, but I hope
    we'll all stay friends.
[04:25] Gilbert
    Sure.
[04:26] Ruby
    Why, Gilbert, that shirt
    looks fetching on you.
[04:30] Gilbert
    Oh, thank you.
[04:38] Anne
    Dearest Diana,
[04:40] Anne
    It is so lonesome now I cannot bear it,
    surrounded by unfamiliar faces.
[04:46] Anne
    I wouldn't feel so much like
    a cat in a strange garret
[04:51] Anne
    if only Jane and Ruby had gone
    in for First-Class, too.
[04:54] Anne
    I wonder which of the girls here
    are going to be my friends.
[04:59] Anne
    I like the look of that girl with the
    brown eyes and the crimson waist.
[05:03] Anne
    She looks vivid and red-rosy;
[05:05] Anne
    and there's that pale, fair
    one gazing out of the window.
[05:08] Anne
    She has lovely hair, and looks as if
    she knew a thing or two about dreams.
[05:14] Anne
    But just now I don't know them
    and they don't know me,
[05:19] Anne
    and probably don't want
    to know me particularly.
[05:27] Anne
    Gilbert looks awfully determined.
[05:31] Anne
    I suppose he's made up his
    mind to win the medal.
[05:34] Anne
    I feel thankful for any familiar
    face now, even Gilbert's.
[05:48] Anne
    How homesick I feel, writing to
    you alone in my boarding house.
[05:53] Anne
    But I won't cry. It's silly.
[06:01] Anne
    I tell a lie.
[06:04] Anne
    There's the third tear splashing down.
[06:08] Anne
    I must think of something
    funny to stop them.
[06:11] Anne
    But there's nothing funny except
    what is connected with Avonlea.
[06:15] Anne
    Oh, Matthew is nearly home by now.
[06:19] Anne
    And Marilla is at the gate,
    looking down the lane for him.
[06:22] Anne
    Six, seven... Oh, there's
    no use in counting them!
[06:26] Anne
    They're coming in a flood presently.
[06:29] Anne
    I can't cheer up—I don't want to
    cheer up. It's nicer to be miserable!
[06:36] Josie
    You've been crying.
[06:39] Anne
    What if I have?
[06:40] Josie
    Are you honestly homesick already?
[06:42] Anne
    What is it to you?
[06:45] Anne
    But I'm so glad you came up.
[06:47] Anne
    It's a relief to see any familiar face.
[06:52] Josie
    Town's too jolly after
    that poky old Avonlea.
[06:57] Josie
    Have you anything eatable around, Anne?
[06:59] Josie
    I'm literally starving.
[07:02] Josie
    I guessed Marilla'd
    load you up with treats.
[07:08] Josie
    What? These are tiny.
[07:12] Josie
    And they taste like the country.
[07:22] Josie
    Oh, that reminds me, Queen's is to get
    one of the Avery scholarships after all.
[07:27] Anne
    Is it really?!
[07:29] Josie
    Yes. It will be announced
    in the Academy tomorrow.
[07:35] Josie
    What's got into you?
[07:40] Anne
    Then if I make the highest
    mark in English Literature,
[07:43] Anne
    I'll win a scholarship at Redmond College?
[07:48] Josie
    Two hundred and fifty dollars
    a year for four years.
[07:52] Anne
    Wouldn't Matthew be proud if I won
    the Avery and got to be a B.A.?
[08:00] Josie
    I know English is your subject,
[08:03] Josie
    but you can't be serious.
[08:05] Anne
    I'll win that scholarship
    if hard work can do it.
[08:13] Anne
    Oh, it's delightful to have ambitions!
[08:17] Anne
    Just as soon as you attain to one,
[08:20] Anne
    you see another one
    glittering higher up still!
[08:32] Anne
    Dearest Diana,
[08:34] Anne
    The girls in my class are so thoughtful,
    imaginative, and especially ambitious.
[08:40] Anne
    The "rose-red" girl, Stella, is considered
    the handsomest girl in our year.
[08:47] Anne
    The "dream girl," Priscilla, is full to
    the brim of mischief and pranks and fun.
[08:53] Stella
    The medal contestants have narrowed down
    to three—Anne, Gilbert, and Lewis.
[08:59] Priscilla
    You're after the Avery, too, aren't you?
[09:02] Priscilla
    You have more rivals for that.
[09:05] Anne
    I'll just have to keep working.
[09:09] Priscilla
    Why must getting a teacher's
    license be such a chore?
[09:13] Anne
    Just think of going home for Christmas.
    That's something to look forward to.
[09:17] Stella; Priscilla
    Oh, yes.
[09:21] Diana
    Anne!
[09:22] Anne
    Diana!
[09:26] Diana
    Merry Christmas, Anne!
[09:28] Anne
    Merry Christmas, Diana!
[09:31] Jane
    They're at it again.
[09:33] Ruby
    They see each other every weekend.
[09:36] Anne
    What a joy it is to see your face.
[09:40] Diana
    I thought you'd come to prefer
    Stella and Priscilla.
[09:46] Anne
    They are both wonderful people.
[09:49] Anne
    But no Queen's girl shall ever
    be as dear to me as you, Diana.
[09:55] Anne
    If anything, I love you more than before.
[10:29] Anne
    Thank you.
[10:30] Anne
    I think the train will be here soon.
    You needn't wait in the cold with me.
[10:36] Anne
    Go on.
[10:39] Anne
    I'm ever so glad I got to
    spend Christmas with you.
[10:42] Anne
    I won't see you again
    till spring, I suppose.
[10:45] Matthew
    Mind your health, now.
[10:48] Anne
    And you keep warm, Matthew.
[11:22] Gilbert
    It's hard to believe the
    Christmas holidays are already over.
[11:26] Gilbert
    We won't have time to come home
    again until after the exams.
[11:32] Anne
    I suppose not.
[11:33] Gilbert
    We'd better settle down to hard work.
[11:36] Anne
    Yes.
[11:39] Gilbert
    I won't let you beat me.
[11:42] Anne
    Neither will I.
[12:01] Jane
    It doesn't seem possible that
    the term is nearly over.
[12:06] Jane
    It would be dreadful if I failed to get
    my license after spending so much money.
[12:11] Josie
    If I don't pass this year,
    I'm coming back next.
[12:15] Jane
    Is that so?
[12:16] Josie
    By the way, Anne, Professor Tremaine said
    Gilbert Blythe was sure to get the medal
[12:21] Josie
    and that Emily Clay would likely
    win the Avery scholarship.
[12:24] Jane
    Really, Josie!
[12:27] Anne
    That may make me feel
    badly tomorrow, Josie,
[12:32] Anne
    but just now, as long as I know the violets
    are coming out below Green Gables
[12:38] Anne
    and that little ferns are poking
    their heads up in Lovers' Lane,
[12:42] Anne
    it's not a great deal of difference
    whether I win the Avery or not.
[12:46] Anne
    I've done my best.
[12:49] Ruby
    You've certainly done that.
[12:52] Anne
    Girls, don't talk about exams!
[12:55] Jane
    Hear, hear.
[12:56] Anne
    Picture your future selves instead.
[13:12] Anne
    Dearest, dearest Diana,
[13:14] Anne
    I have wonderful news.
[13:17] Anne
    The other Avonlea girls all passed.
[13:20] Anne
    Ruby is already obsessing over what
    she'll wear to commencement.
[13:26] Anne
    Gilbert and I took the First-Class exam,
    and our results will be out next week.
[13:30] Anne
    I am resolved to accept them,
    whatever they may be.
[13:35] Anne
    I begin to understand what is meant
    by the "joy of the strife."
[13:40] Anne
    Next to trying and winning,
    the best thing is trying and failing.
[13:57] Jane
    The First-Class results are finally out.
[14:00] Jane
    Don't worry, Anne. Between the medal and
    the Avery, you'll win one of them anyhow.
[14:06] Anne
    I wonder.
[14:07] Anne
    Everybody says Emily will win the Avery.
[14:11] Jane
    Never mind those rumors.
[14:14] Anne
    Promise me, Jane. If I have failed,
     don't sympathize with me.
[14:20] Anne
    I implore you in the name
    of our old friendship.
[14:22] Jane
    Oh, all right.
[14:24] Students
    Hurrah, hurrah!
[14:27] Students
    Hurrah for Gilbert!
[14:29] Students
    Hurrah for Gilbert Blythe, medalist!
[14:33] Gilbert
    Thank you all.
[14:33] Students
    Hurrah, hurrah!
[14:36] Jane
    Stay there, Anne. I'll go look.
[14:37] Students
    Hurrah, hurrah, hurrah!
[14:42] Anne
    Oh, Matthew will be heartbroken.
[14:46] Anne
    He felt so sure I would win.
[14:50] Jane
    Three cheers for Anne Shirley,
[14:53] Jane
    winner of the Avery!
[14:54] Jane
    Hurrah for Anne Shirley!
[15:01] Jane
    Oh, Anne!
[15:02] Jane
    Oh, Anne, I'm so proud!
SIGN    Avery Scholarship Winner
    Anne Shirley
[15:03] Ruby
    Isn't it splendid?!
[15:04] Ruby
    Anne, Anne!
[15:07] Anne
    Oh, it's like a dream come true.
[15:10] Anne
    Won't Matthew and Marilla be pleased!
[15:26] Headmaster
    We have high hopes for your college career.
[15:30] Man A
    That girl won the Avery.
[15:33] Man A
    And I hear she wrote this year's best essay.
[15:36] Woman B
    My. Isn't that something?
[15:44] Matthew
    Reckon you're glad we kept her, Marilla?
[16:06] Marilla
    It's not the first time I've been glad.
[16:29] Anne
    It's so good to be back again.
[16:32] Anne
    It's so good to see those pointed firs
    coming out against the pink sky.
[16:37] Anne
    Isn't the breath of the mint delicious?
[16:41] Diana
    You've done splendidly, Anne.
[16:43] Diana
    I suppose you won't be teaching
    now that you've won the Avery?
[16:49] Anne
    No. I'm going to Redmond in September.
[16:53] Anne
    After three glorious,
    golden months of vacation.
[16:57] Diana
    And you say Jane and Ruby are going to teach?
[17:02] Anne
    The Newbridge trustees have offered
    Jane their school already.
[17:06] Diana
    Gilbert Blythe is going to teach, too.
[17:09] Diana
    He has to.
[17:12] Diana
    His father can't afford to send
    him to college next year, after all,
[17:15] Diana
    so he means to earn his own way through.
[17:18] Diana
    I expect he'll get the school here.
[17:23] Anne
    Oh.
[17:25] Anne
    I had expected Gilbert would be
    going to Redmond with me.
[17:34] Marilla
    Matthew?
[17:36] Anne
    Matthew?!
[17:46] Anne
    Marilla, is Matthew quite well?
[17:50] Marilla
    No, he isn't, but he won't
    spare himself a mite.
[17:55] Marilla
    I've been real worried about him,
[17:57] Marilla
    but he's some better this while back
[18:01] Marilla
    and we've got Jerry to help him.
[18:04] Marilla
    Maybe he'll pick up now you're home.
    You always cheer him up.
[18:10] Anne
    You are not looking as well yourself
    as I'd like to see you, Marilla.
[18:16] Marilla
    I'm all right.
[18:22] Marilla
    It's my head. I've a pain so
    often now—behind my eyes.
[18:28] Anne
    That sounds awful.
[18:30] Marilla
    There is a distinguished oculist coming to
    the Island. I guess I'll have to see him.
[18:36] Anne
    Yes, you must!
[18:39] Marilla
    Well, Anne, you've done real
    well at Queen's, I must say.
[18:44] Marilla
    To take First-Class license in one year
     and win the Avery scholarship.
[18:49] Anne
    I couldn't have done it
    without you and Matthew.
[18:53] Marilla
    Mrs. Lynde says she doesn't believe
    in the higher education of women at all.
[19:01] Marilla
    I don't believe a word of it.
[19:06] Marilla
    Speaking of Rachel reminds me—
    she said the Abbey Bank was shaky.
[19:14] Marilla
    Did you hear anything, Anne?
[19:16] Anne
    No, why?
[19:18] Marilla
    All we have saved is in
    that bank—every penny.
[19:21] Anne
    Is it really?
[19:23] Marilla
    Matthew said any bank with Mr. Abbey at the
    head of it was good enough for anybody.
[19:30] Marilla
    But listen to me, going on like this.
[19:33] Marilla
    Aren't you taking a day with
    Diana to stretch your wings?
[19:38] Marilla
    Go off and play.
[19:40] Anne
    Yes. Thank you.
[20:04] Anne
    Matthew, I'll take one of those.
[20:06] Matthew
    They're heavy.
[20:13] Anne
    How do you feel?
[20:15] Matthew
    Oh, well enough.
[20:19] Anne
    You've been working too hard.
[20:23] Anne
    You have Jerry. Why won't
    you take things easier?
[20:27] Matthew
    Well now, I can't seem to.
[20:32] Matthew
    It's only that I'm getting old,
    Anne, and keep forgetting it.
[20:37] Matthew
    Well, well, I've always worked pretty
    hard and I'd rather drop in harness.
[20:47] Anne
    If I had been the boy you sent for,
[20:50] Anne
    I'd be able to help you so much
    now and spare you in a hundred ways.
[20:56] Matthew
    Well now, I'd rather have
    you than a dozen boys, Anne.
[21:08] Matthew
    I guess it wasn't a boy that took
    the Avery scholarship, was it?
[21:17] Matthew
    It was a girl.
[21:20] Matthew
    My girl that I'm proud of.
[21:43] Anne
    It was the last night before
    sorrow touched my life.
[21:49] (Flashback) Matthew
    My girl that I'm proud of.
[21:53] Anne
    And no life is ever quite the same again
[21:58] Anne
    when once that cold, sanctifying
    touch has been laid upon it.
SIGN    Next Time
SIGN    I Don't Know What Lies
    Around the Bend, but I'm
    Going to Believe That the
    Best Does