I 'd love to be a teacher . But wo n't it be dreadfully expensive ? Mr. Andrews says it cost him one hundred and fifty dollars to put Prissy through , and Prissy was n't a dunce in geometry . '' `` I guess you need n't worry about that part of it . When Matthew and I took you to bring up we resolved we would do the best we could for you and give you a good education . I believe in a girl being fitted to earn her own living whether she ever has to or not . You 'll always have a home at Green Gables as long as Matthew and I are here , but nobody knows what is going to happen in this uncertain world , and it 's just as well to be prepared . So you can join the Queen 's class if you like , Anne . '' `` Oh , Marilla , thank you . '' Anne flung her arms about Marilla 's waist and looked up earnestly into her face . `` I 'm extremely grateful to you and Matthew . And I 'll study as hard as I can and do my very best to be a credit to you . I warn you not to expect much in geometry , but I think I can hold my own in anything else if I work hard . '' `` I dare say you 'll get along well enough . Miss Stacy says you are bright and diligent . '' Not for worlds would Marilla have told Anne just what Miss Stacy had said about her ; that would have been to pamper vanity . `` You need n't rush to any extreme of killing yourself over your books . There is no hurry . You wo n't be ready to try the Entrance for a year and a half yet . But it 's well to begin in time and be thoroughly grounded , Miss Stacy says . ''
`` I shall take more interest than ever in my studies now , '' said Anne blissfully , `` because I have a purpose XXXXX life .
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