She locked the story away in the garret trunk where the old Story Club tales reposed ; but first she yielded to Diana 's entreaties and gave her a copy . `` This is the end of my literary ambitions , '' she said bitterly . She never mentioned the matter to Mr. Harrison , but one evening he asked her bluntly if her story had been accepted . `` No , the editor would n't take it , '' she answered briefly . Mr. Harrison looked sidewise at the flushed , delicate profile . `` Well , I suppose you 'll keep on writing them , '' he said encouragingly . `` No , I shall never try to write a story again , '' declared Anne , with the hopeless finality of nineteen when a door is shut in its face . `` I would n't give up altogether , '' said Mr. Harrison reflectively . `` I 'd write a story once in a while , but I would n't pester editors with it . I 'd write of people and places like I knew , and I 'd make my characters talk everyday English ; and I 'd let the sun rise and set in the usual quiet way without much fuss over the fact . If I had to have villains at all , I 'd give them a chance , Anne -- I 'd give them a chance . There are some terrible bad men in the world , I suppose , but you 'd have to go a long piece to find them -- though Mrs. Lynde believes we 're all bad . But most of us have got a little decency somewhere in us . Keep on writing , Anne . '' `` No . It was very foolish of me to attempt it . When I 'm through Redmond I 'll stick to teaching . I can teach . I ca n't write stories . '' `` It 'll be time for you to be getting a husband when you 're through Redmond , '' said Mr. Harrison .
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