Marilla Cuthbert: Oh, you blessed girl. I know I ought to stick to it and make you go to college, but Ive learned better than to stand in your way. Gilbert Blythe will be teaching, too. Wont he?Anne Shirley: Yes.Marilla Cuthbert: What a nice looking young boy he is. He looks a lot like his father did at that age. We used to be real good friends, he and I. People called him my beau.Anne Shirley: And what happened?Marilla Cuthbert: We quarreled and I wouldnt forgive him when he asked me to. I wanted to after a while, but I was stubborn and I wanted to punish him first. He never came back. I, uh, always felt rather sorry. I, uh, sort of wished that Id forgiven him when I had a chance.

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