It would be terrible . '' `` Nonsense ! '' Anne laughed merrily . `` There is no sacrifice . Nothing could be worse than giving up Green Gables -- nothing could hurt me more . We must keep the dear old place . My mind is quite made up , Marilla . I 'm NOT going to Redmond ; and I AM going to stay here and teach . Do n't you worry about me a bit . '' `` But your ambitions -- and -- '' `` I 'm just as ambitious as ever . Only , I 've changed the object of my ambitions . I 'm going to be a good teacher -- and I 'm going to save your eyesight . Besides , I mean to study at home here and take a little college course all by myself . Oh , I 've dozens of plans , Marilla . I 've been thinking them out for a week . I shall give life here my best , and I believe it will give its best to me in return . When I left Queen 's my future seemed to stretch out before me like a straight road . I thought I could see along it for many a milestone . Now there is a bend in it . I do n't know what lies around the bend , but I 'm going to believe that the best does .
It has a fascination XXXXX its own , that bend , Marilla .
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