Chapter 19 Chapter Eighteen

Often big events are inextricably linked with small ones.A certain Prime Minister of Canada selected Prince Edward Island as one of his lobbying sites. From this event itself, it is not clear that it has any connection with the fate of Anne Jerry of Green Gaybruzzi, but in fact this A connection does exist. The Prime Minister came to Prince Edward Island in January.He was set to address ardent supporters and opponents at a rally in Charlottetown. Most of the residents of Yabanli were loyalists of the Prime Minister, so on the night of the rally almost all the men and most of the women traveled to the town, 30 miles away.Rachel Lind is also very concerned about politics. She supports the opposition party that opposes the Prime Minister. She does not believe that the political rally in Charlottedam can be held smoothly without her participation.Mrs. Lynde, therefore, took her husband to town, not to go to the fair, but to look after the horses.

Mrs. Lynde also invited Marilla.Marilla herself is not interested in politics, but because this rally is the only chance in her life to see the Prime Minister, she decided to go to the speech together.The affairs of the house were left to Anne and Marshall until they came back the next day. That night, after Marilla left with Mrs. Linde, Marshall and Anne gathered in the warm kitchen by coincidence. The fire in the old-fashioned stove was extremely hot, and a thick layer of hoarfrost had formed on the windows, which shone brightly in the flames. Marshall was rocking on the sofa while reading the Agricultural Monthly.Annie sometimes glanced at the cabinet with the clock, and sometimes leaned on the table and studied desperately.

On the cabinet are the books that Jenny Andrews lent to Anne that day.Jenny assured Anne that the book would interest her, and that she would enjoy it.After Annie borrowed it, she always wanted to bury her head in it, but if that was the case, then tomorrow's study victory would belong to Gilbert Bryce.So Annie forced herself to turn her back to the bookcase, just pretending that the book wasn't there. "Marshall, did you ever study geometry at school?" "Well, no, I haven't learned it." Marshall said, standing up from the sofa. "Oh, if only I had learned it." Annie sighed in disappointment. "If you have learned it, you will understand my difficulties. If you have not learned it, you will naturally not understand it. It is this geometry that makes my life cloudy.

I'm just a geometric underachiever, Marshall. " "What are you talking about? It doesn't matter at all." Marshall persuaded. "Anne is very decent in everything. I met Mr. Phillips at Blair's in Carmody last week. He told me about Anne's situation at school. He praised Anne for being the most motivated in the class and improving her grades very quickly. , it seems that you are doing quite well. Well, the teacher did say that. Some people say bad things about Mr. Phillips, saying that he is not serious, not serious, not qualified as a teacher, etc., but I think he is a very good teacher. People." No matter who Marshall is, as long as he praises Anne, he thinks that person is a good person.

"If the teacher didn't change the symbols, I think I might still be able to click." Anne complained. "The theorem is memorized, but the teacher uses symbols different from those in the textbook to draw pictures on the blackboard. This messes up the problem and makes me more confused. Don't you think the teacher is despicable?" ? "Now, we are learning agricultural knowledge, and through learning, we finally figured out the reason why the road is red, and finally put our minds at ease. "Marilla and Mrs. Lynde seem to be very happy. Mrs. Lynde said that if you see what Ottawa is doing, then you know that Canada's decline is doomed. She said that the alarm bells should always ring for those in power. But if given Women get suffrage and things will go in a good direction. Which party does Marshall support?"

"Conservative Party," Marshall replied without thinking. "Then I support the Conservative Party too," said Anne. "However, many of the male students in Gilbert and other schools support the Liberal Party. I know that Mr. Phillips and the father of Priscilla Andrews also support the Liberal Party. Ruby Gillies says that a man in love can't do if he agrees religiously with the sweetheart's mother but politically with the sweetheart's father.Is this true, Marshall? " "Is this, I don't know very well." Marshall replied. "Marshall, have you ever begged for love?"

"Well, I've never experienced that kind of thing." Before this, Marshall never even dreamed that he could fall in love in this life. Annie put her cheeks in her hands and fell into deep thought, "It's unexpected, don't you feel lonely, Ruby? Gillies said that when she grows up, she will find at least two dozen lovers, and she will talk all the tongues out. Isn't this a little too much.I think just one like-minded person is enough.Ruby Gillies had several sisters, and Mrs. Lynde said the Gillies sisters were all very easy to marry. "Mr. Phillips visits Prissy Andrews every night, saying that she is going to guide her in her studies, but Miranda Sullen is also going to be admitted to Quinn College. She is much more stupid than Prissy. I think It would be more appropriate for the teacher to guide Miranda, but the teacher doesn't even enter her house every night. Marshall, there are too many facts in this world that I can't understand."

"Well, well, even I can't figure it out." "Ah—it's finally time to finish. If I don't finish my studies, I won't be able to read the book Jenny lent me. Marshall, you don't know, this book is very tempting, even if you turn your back to it, you can see where it is placed, and Jenny said that whoever reads this book will cry with sadness, I like this kind of ability Works that move people to tears. "Since it distracts me so much, I might as well take it into the living room and lock it in the jam cupboard, and leave the key to Marshall for the time being. Marshall, if I don't finish my studies, I'll beg you on my knees, And don't you hand me the keys. It's kind of gentle to talk about overcoming temptation, but it's easy to overcome yourself if you know that you don't have the key. Oh, by the way, I want to go to the basement to pick up some winter apples, okay? Don't you want to eat some winter apples?"

"Well, well, you can have some." Marshall didn't like winter apples very much, but he knew that Annie liked them very much, so he readily agreed. Just as Annie came out of the basement with a plate full of winter apples, she heard footsteps coming from far and near, as if someone was walking hurriedly.Immediately afterwards, the kitchen door was slammed open.Diana? Barry came in livid and panting, with disheveled hair and a scarf. Anne was startled, and the plate and candle she was holding dropped from her hand.Candles and apples creaked and rolled down the ladder in the basement.The next day, Marilla found these apples and candles that had fallen everywhere. While picking them up, Marilla thanked God for not causing a fire.

"What's the matter, Diana?" exclaimed Anne. "Has your mother forgiven me at last?" "Annie, please, come with me!" Diana blurted out. "Minnie Moy is very ill with pseudomembranous laryngitis, Meyari George told me My parents are in town, and I can't find anyone to call a doctor. It's strange that Minnie Moe is so sick and Mayali George is fine. Annie, I'm so scared! " Without a word Marshall snatched up his hat and coat, hurried past Diana, and was soon lost in the darkness. "He must be harnessing the carriage, and going to the doctor at Carmody," said Anne, pulling on her hooded jacket with alacrity. "Marshall and I have always been so connected that we know what the other is thinking without saying anything."

"Doctor Carmody's sure isn't home," sobbed Diana. "Mr. Blair's in town, and Mr. Sventha presumably. Mealie George says she's never seen anyone with a false membrane." laryngitis, and Mrs. Lynde is not here, alas!" "Don't cry, Diana," said Anne calmly, "if it's laryngitis, it's mine. Aunt Hammond had three sets of twins in a row, you forget?I have taken care of so many children, so naturally I have accumulated various experiences.It is said that many children have had pseudomembranous laryngitis this year.Oh, by the way, wait a minute, I'll get a bottle of 'Ipicaca' (Ipicaca is a South American plant whose roots are dried and used as an emetic).Maybe not in Diana.move. " Hand in hand, the two walked swiftly across the "lover's path," and then across frozen fields, and the short cut in the woods was too deep for the snow. Annie felt sorry for Minnie Moy from the bottom of her heart. She was so anxious that she wished she could step up to Minnie.But as he walked, he was unknowingly attracted by the surrounding night scene.Can not help but fall into a romantic reverie.She felt unspeakably happy at the thought that she and Diana were together again because of this sudden incident. It was a clear, frozen night.The shadows under the moonlight were as black as ebony trees.The snow-covered slopes shone with silver, and the silent fields were bathed in starlight.Fir trees covered in silver stood everywhere in front of me.The new wind blows on the branches and makes a "woo-woo" sound. Annie thought it was a wonderful thing to run in such a beautiful night with her long-estranged confidant. Three-year-old Minnie Moy was lying on the sofa in the kitchen at this time, his face was very bad, he seemed to be burning hot all over his body, and his throat kept making "squeak-cheep-" sounds, as if he was It's like a bellows box, and it's extremely uncomfortable.Meyali Georges, whom Mrs. Barry had entrusted to help with the house, was a French girl from the Creek with a big fleshy face.Faced with Minnie who was so seriously ill, she was so frightened that she didn't know what to do, she just kept crying.Even if you know how to do it, whether you can do it is still a problem. As soon as Annie stepped through the door, she quickly started to work. "It looks like Minnie Moy has got pseudomembranous laryngitis. It's really serious. I've seen worse ones, so it's okay. It needs a lot of hot water. Oh, Dee." Anna, why is there only more than a teacup of water in this kettle? Come on, add water! Mayali George, please add some firewood to the stove. I don't blame you, but if you have a little imagination, this little thing should Think of it. "Come on, take off Minnie Moy's clothes and let her lie on the bed! Diana, look for some soft flannel, and take some 'epicac' first." Minnie Moy was unwilling to take the medicine and refused to swallow it anyway, but Anne patiently fed her "Epicaque" again and again.Anne and Diana devoted all their energy to nursing Minnie Moy, who was suffering from illness, during the long and disturbing night.Meyali George also tried to do what she could. She kept the stove on high, and boiled pot after pot of hot water, which could not run out of a pediatric ward. It was three o'clock in the morning when Marshall brought the doctor.It was with great difficulty that Marshall found a doctor at Svensa Bell.By this time, Minnie Moy's dangerous period had passed, and he was fast asleep. "I was so desperate that I almost gave up and gave up." Annie explained to the doctor. "Minnie Moy's condition continued to deteriorate, much worse than Aunt Harmond's twins, and I even wondered if she was suffocated to death, and even asked me to give her the last drop of 'Epicaque' Feed it down. "The last time I gave her medicine, I said to myself 'this is the last resort, without it it's all over'. Because she was afraid that Diana and Mayali George would be worried, so she kept silent. "However, after three minutes, Minnie Moy began to cough continuously, felt nauseous, and finally vomited. His condition gradually improved, and a stone in my heart fell to the ground. The excitement at that time could not be expressed in words. Express. Have you ever had this experience?" "Yes." The doctor nodded, staring at Anne intently, as if he couldn't say something in his heart. Afterwards, the doctor spoke his mind to the Barry couple. "The red-haired girl in the Cuthbart family is really extraordinary. It is thanks to her that you can save Minnie Moy. If you wait for me to come and save it, it will be too late. You can do such a bad thing at a young age." Simple things are really unbelievable, but this kid is very knowledgeable, calm and decisive in situations, and he is a good young man who stands out from the crowd." In the early morning, Annie set foot on her way home, and the outside world was decorated with snow-white frost.Anne was too tired to keep her eyes open, but she talked excitedly to Marshall.The two of them crossed the vast, white fields and entered the "lovers' lane".The maple groves in the path are shining brightly and shining in the morning sun like a fairy tale kingdom. "Oh, Marshall, what a beautiful morning. It looks as though God conjured it up for His own pleasure. The tree looks as if it could fly if I just breathed on it. Don't you feel How exciting is it to be in a snow-white world? Fortunately, Aunt Harmond gave birth to three pairs of twins. Without this episode, maybe I still don’t know how to take care of Minnie Moy. I still resented Harmond As for Auntie, why did she give birth to twins? Now it seems that she was really wronged. "Oh, Marshall, I'm too sleepy to go to school now. My eyelids are so heavy that I can't keep my eyes open, and even if I go to school, my mind is clouded. But if I don't go, Gilbert or someone else I hate this, once you fall behind, it’s hard to catch up. However, the more difficult it is to get the first place, the greater the satisfaction, don’t you think?” "Yes, if it's Anne, it's definitely okay." Marshall said, looking carefully at Anne's pale face and sunken eye sockets. "You should go to bed immediately and have a good sleep, and leave Anne's work to me." Annie obediently went to bed, covered her head and fell into a sound sleep, which was sound and sweet. When Annie woke up, it was already afternoon.Annie went down to the kitchen and saw Marilla knitting. "Meet the Prime Minister, what does he look like?" Annie blurted out impatiently and asked loudly. "Well, at least he didn't become prime minister on the basis of his looks, that's true, his nose is too long. But anyway, his speeches are really good, and he feels proud of himself as a Conservative. Proud, proud. Rachel didn't even snort because she was Liberal. "Have lunch, Anne. I got you some preserved plums from the pantry, and I think you must be hungry. I've heard from Marshall about what happened last night, thanks to you, or else I've never encountered such a disease, and I would be at a loss when I was there.Okay, okay, let's talk about it after dinner. I know you have a lot to say, so let's talk about it later. " Marilla also had a lot to say to Anne, but she held back at this moment, knowing that if she said it, Anne would be too excited and lose her appetite, and she wouldn't be able to eat lunch well. Seeing that Anne had finished her lunch, Marilla slowly started talking. "Anne, Mrs. Barry came in this afternoon, and she said she wanted to see you, and I told her you were asleep, so I didn't wake you up. She said you saved Minnie Moy's life, and she wanted to thank you very well. It turns out that she has wronged you. She admitted that she knew that you didn't mean it, but she wanted to wrong you. She hopes you can forgive her and become good friends with Diana again. If you can, please go to her house in the evening, It is said that Diana caught a cold last night and suffered from a bad cold, so she couldn't go out. Hey, I said, Anne, don't jump up and down after listening." But Marilla was still talking in vain, and Anne still couldn't restrain the excitement in her heart, and jumped up with a happy expression on her face. "Marilla, can I go right now? The dishes will not be washed until I come back. How can I wash the dishes at this exciting time?" "Then you go." Marilla agreed. "Hey, Annie! Are you crazy? Wait a minute, you don't have your hat on, you don't have your coat on, what do you do if you have a cold?" Anne didn't seem to hear at all. She ran out of the house like a whirlwind with her hair loose, and ran quickly through the orchard to Diana's house. In the evening, when the ice and snow land was dyed purple by the setting sun, Annie bounced back happily.Above the white fields and dark fir-grown ravines was a pale golden sky, and looking to the south-west the stars seemed to be very large, and from time to time they shone like pearls.In the cold air, among the rolling snow hills, the sleigh bells echoed like the music of fairy chimes. However, the melody that flowed from Anne's heart and mouth seemed more melodious and beautiful than the sound of sleigh bells. "Marilla, standing in front of you is the happiest Anne in the world." Announced Anne. "Although I still have red hair, I am still the happiest. Now, my spirit has surpassed my hair. Mrs. Barry kissed me with tears, and said I am really sorry, and said that my life-saving grace is worthless in my life." I couldn't finish the repayment. I was confused and didn't know what to do, so I had to say as humbly and sincerely as possible: "I don't hold grudges against my aunt in this matter. I don't pay attention to getting Diana drunk. I am really sorry. You apologize, and don't bring this up again in the future.' "Isn't what I said very generous?I avenged Mrs. Barry with kindness. "Then I spent a delightful afternoon with Diana. Diana taught me the latest embroidery method from Aunt Carmody's. No one in Albany could do it except the two of us. , we swore to each other that no one would pass on this method. Diana also gave me a beautiful card with rose wreaths printed on it, and a poem written on it. The poem is written like this: If you like I love you as much as I love me, and no one can separate us." This poem expresses our heartfelt words.I'm going to beg Mrs. Phillips to sit us together again, Katie Pai and Minnie Andrews. "Mrs. Barry made me a good pot of tea in the best tea-things, as if she were a real guest, and she really wanted to thank me from the bottom of her heart. I've never had such a treat. Not to mention that, Mrs. Barry also specially made fruit snacks, cakes, donuts, and two other kinds of preserved fruits. Mrs. Barry asked me how the tea tasted, whether it was delicious, etc., and then told her husband Say let me get some more biscuits, I'm almost treated like an adult. Ah, it's so good to grow up, I wish I could grow up sooner." "So what?" Marilla sighed. "If I grow up, I will speak equally to little girls." Annie seemed to be completely sure. "Also, no matter how long people say, I will not laugh at them. If that is the case, how much it will hurt them. I have experienced that kind of sadness more than once, so I know this very well. "After tea, Diana and I made some toffee, which wasn't very good, because it was the first time we made it. Diana put the butter in the saucer, and I stirred it, so I didn't notice it. I made two of them and had to throw one away, which is a shame. Still, the whole process was fun to make. "When I came back, Mrs. Barry asked me to play often. Diana has been standing by the window watching me, and has been blowing me to Lover's Lane. Marilla, I will pray a lot tonight. Now, in memory of what happened today, I want to come up with some special, new prayers."