Mr. Allan says everybody should have a purpose in life and pursue it faithfully . Only he says we must first make sure that it is a worthy purpose . I would call it a worthy purpose to want to be a teacher like Miss Stacy , would n't you , Marilla ? I think it 's a very noble profession . '' The Queen 's class was organized in due time . Gilbert Blythe , Anne Shirley , Ruby Gillis , Jane Andrews , Josie Pye , Charlie Sloane , and Moody Spurgeon MacPherson joined it . Diana Barry did not , as her parents did not intend to send her to Queen 's . This seemed nothing short of a calamity to Anne . Never , since the night on which Minnie May had had the croup , had she and Diana been separated in anything . On the evening when the Queen 's class first remained in school for the extra lessons and Anne saw Diana go slowly out with the others , to walk home alone through the Birch Path and Violet Vale , it was all the former could do to keep her seat and refrain from rushing impulsively after her chum . A lump came into her throat , and she hastily retired behind the pages of her uplifted Latin grammar to hide the tears in her eyes . Not for worlds would Anne have had Gilbert Blythe or Josie Pye see those tears . `` But , oh , Marilla , I really felt that I had tasted the bitterness of death , as Mr. Allan said in his sermon last Sunday , when I saw Diana go out alone , '' she said mournfully that night . `` I thought how splendid it would have been if Diana had only been going to study for the Entrance , too . But we ca n't have things perfect in this imperfect world , as Mrs. Lynde says . Mrs. Lynde is n't exactly a comforting person sometimes , but there 's no doubt she says a great many very true things . And I think the Queen 's class is going to be extremely interesting . Jane and Ruby are just going to study to be teachers . That is the height of their ambition . Ruby says she will only teach for two years after she gets through , and then she intends to be married .
Jane says she will devote her whole life to teaching , and never , never marry , because you are paid a salary XXXXX teaching , but a husband wo n't pay you anything , and growls if you ask for a share in the egg and butter money .
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