But the truth is , Mrs. Allan , that I just flew into a temper and whipped him because of that . I was n't thinking whether it was just or unjust ... even if he had n't deserved it I 'd have done it just the same . That is what humiliates me . '' `` Well , we all make mistakes , dear , so just put it behind you . We should regret our mistakes and learn from them , but never carry them forward into the future with us . There goes Gilbert Blythe on his wheel ... home for his vacation too , I suppose . How are you and he getting on with your studies ? '' `` Pretty well . We plan to finish the Virgil tonight ... there are only twenty lines to do . Then we are not going to study any more until September . '' `` Do you think you will ever get to college ? '' `` Oh , I do n't know . '' Anne looked dreamily afar to the opal-tinted horizon . `` Marilla 's eyes will never be much better than they are now , although we are so thankful to think that they will not get worse . And then there are the twins ... somehow I do n't believe their uncle will ever really send for them . Perhaps college may be around the bend in the road , but I have n't got to the bend yet and I do n't think much about it lest I might grow discontented . '' `` Well , I should like to see you go to college , Anne ; but if you never do , do n't be discontented about it . We make our own lives wherever we are , after all ... college can only help us to do it more easily . They are broad or narrow according to what we put into them , not what we get out . Life is rich and full here ... everywhere ... if we can only learn how to open our whole hearts to its richness and fulness . ''
`` I think I understand what you mean , '' said Anne thoughtfully , `` and I know I have so much XXXXX feel thankful for ... oh , so much ... my work , and Paul Irving , and the dear twins , and all my friends .
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