Mrs. Peter Sloane sighed and said she hoped my strength would hold out till I got through ; and at once I saw myself a hopeless victim of nervous prostration at the end of my third year ; Mrs. Eben Wright said it must cost an awful lot to put in four years at Redmond ; and I felt all over me that it was unpardonable of me to squander Marilla 's money and my own on such a folly . Mrs. Jasper Bell said she hoped I would n't let college spoil me , as it did some people ; and I felt in my bones that the end of my four Redmond years would see me a most insufferable creature , thinking I knew it all , and looking down on everything and everybody in Avonlea ; Mrs. Elisha Wright said she understood that Redmond girls , especially those who belonged to Kingsport , were ` dreadful dressy and stuck-up , ' and she guessed I would n't feel much at home among them ; and I saw myself , a snubbed , dowdy , humiliated country girl , shuffling through Redmond 's classic halls in coppertoned boots . '' Anne ended with a laugh and a sigh commingled . With her sensitive nature all disapproval had weight , even the disapproval of those for whose opinions she had scant respect . For the time being life was savorless , and ambition had gone out like a snuffed candle . `` You surely do n't care for what they said , '' protested Gilbert . `` You know exactly how narrow their outlook on life is , excellent creatures though they are . To do anything THEY have never done is anathema maranatha . You are the first Avonlea girl who has ever gone to college ; and you know that all pioneers are considered to be afflicted with moonstruck madness . '' `` Oh , I know . But FEELING is so different from KNOWING . My common sense tells me all you can say , but there are times when common sense has no power over me . Common nonsense takes possession of my soul . Really , after Mrs. Elisha went away I hardly had the heart to finish packing . '' `` You 're just tired , Anne . Come , forget it all and take a walk with me -- a ramble back through the woods beyond the marsh . There should be something there I want to show you . '' `` Should be ! Do n't you know if it is there ? '' `` No .
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