Her head whirled and her heart beat until it hurt her . She could not move a step . It seemed an hour to her before Diana came rushing along the hall and burst into the room without even knocking , so great was her excitement . `` Anne , you 've passed , '' she cried , `` passed the VERY FIRST -- you and Gilbert both -- you 're ties -- but your name is first . Oh , I 'm so proud ! '' Diana flung the paper on the table and herself on Anne 's bed , utterly breathless and incapable of further speech . Anne lighted the lamp , oversetting the match safe and using up half a dozen matches before her shaking hands could accomplish the task . Then she snatched up the paper . Yes , she had passed -- there was her name at the very top of a list of two hundred ! That moment was worth living for . `` You did just splendidly , Anne , '' puffed Diana , recovering sufficiently to sit up and speak , for Anne , starry eyed and rapt , had not uttered a word . `` Father brought the paper home from Bright River not ten minutes ago -- it came out on the afternoon train , you know , and wo n't be here till tomorrow by mail -- and when I saw the pass list I just rushed over like a wild thing . You 've all passed , every one of you , Moody Spurgeon and all , although he 's conditioned in history . Jane and Ruby did pretty well -- they 're halfway up -- and so did Charlie . Josie just scraped through with three marks to spare , but you 'll see she 'll put on as many airs as if she 'd led . Wo n't Miss Stacy be delighted ? Oh , Anne , what does it feel like to see your name at the head of a pass list like that ? If it were me I know I 'd go crazy with joy . I am pretty near crazy as it is , but you 're as calm and cool as a spring evening . '' `` I 'm just dazzled inside , '' said Anne .
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