Аня с острова Принца Эдуарда

The Last Redmond Year Opens

           Whenhedidgetmarriedhiswifefelloutofthesleighonenightwhentheyweredrivinghomefromchurchandhenevermissedher.ThentherewasDanWinston.Heknewtoomuch.Hekneweverythinginthisworldandmostofwhatisinthenext.Hecouldgiveyouananswertoanyquestion,evenifyouaskedhimwhentheJudgmentDaywastobe.MiltonEdwardswasrealniceandIlikedhimbutIdidn’tmarryhim.Foronething,hetookaweektogetajokethroughhishead,andforanotherheneveraskedme.HoratioReevewasthemostinterestingbeauIeverhad.Butwhenhetoldastoryhedresseditupsothatyoucouldn’tseeitforfrills.Inevercoulddecidewhetherhewaslyingorjustlettinghisimaginationrunloose.”

           “Andwhatabouttheothers,Aunty?”

           “Goawayandunpack,”saidAuntJamesina,wavingJosephatthembymistakeforaneedle.“Theothersweretoonicetomakefunof.Ishallrespecttheirmemory.There’saboxofflowersinyourroom,Anne.Theycameaboutanhourago.”

           AfterthefirstweekthegirlsofPatty’sPlacesettleddowntoasteadygrindofstudy;forthiswastheirlastyearatRedmondandgraduationhonorsmustbefoughtforpersistently.AnnedevotedherselftoEnglish,Priscillaporedoverclassics,andPhilippapoundedawayatMathematics.Sometimestheygrewtired,sometimestheyfeltdiscouraged,sometimesnothingseemedworththestruggleforit.InonesuchmoodStellawandereduptotheblueroomonerainyNovemberevening.Annesatonthefloorinalittlecircleoflightcastbythelampbesideher,amidasurroundingsnowofcrumpledmanuscript.

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