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 of its own , that bend , Marilla . I wonder how the road beyond it goes -- what there is of green glory and soft , checkered light and shadows -- what new landscapes -- what new beauties -- what curves and hills and valleys further on . '' `` I do n't feel as if I ought to let you give it up , '' said Marilla , referring to the scholarship . `` But you ca n't prevent me .
I 'm sixteen and a half , ` obstinate XXXXX a mule , ' as Mrs. Lynde once told me , '' laughed Anne .
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