Would you like to go to Queen 's and pass for a teacher ? '' `` Oh , Marilla ! '' Anne straightened to her knees and clasped her hands . `` It 's been the dream of my life -- that is , for the last six months , ever since Ruby and Jane began to talk of studying for the Entrance . But I did n't say anything about it , because I supposed it would be perfectly useless . I 'd love to be a teacher . But wo n't it be dreadfully expensive ? Mr. Andrews says it cost him one hundred and fifty dollars to put Prissy through , and Prissy was n't a dunce in geometry . '' `` I guess you need n't worry about that part of it . When Matthew and I took you to bring up we resolved we would do the best we could for you and give you a good education . I believe in a girl being fitted to earn her own living whether she ever has to or not . You 'll always have a home at Green Gables as long as Matthew and I are here , but nobody knows what is going to happen in this uncertain world , and it 's just as well to be prepared . So you can join the Queen 's class if you like , Anne . '' `` Oh , Marilla , thank you . '' Anne flung her arms about Marilla 's waist and looked up earnestly into her face . `` I 'm extremely grateful to you and Matthew . And I 'll study as hard as I can and do my very best to be a credit to you . I warn you not to expect much in geometry , but I think I can hold my own in anything else if I work hard . '' `` I dare say you 'll get along well enough . Miss Stacy says you are bright and diligent . ''
Not for worlds would Marilla have told Anne just what Miss Stacy had said XXXXX her ; that would have been to pamper vanity .
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