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Chapter 15

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Mr. Phillips will make me sit with that horrid Gertie Pye—I know he will, because she is sitting alone. Do come back, Anne.”

“I’d do almost anything in the world for you,(begin strikethrough)”(end strikethrough) Diana,” said Anne sadly. E8 “But I can’t do this so please don’t ask it. You harrow up my very soul.”

“Just think of all the fun you’ll miss,” mourned Diana. “We are going to build the loveliest new play house down by the brook; and we’ll be playing ball next week, Anne and you’ve never played ball, Anne. It’s tremenjusly exciting.” F8

Nothing moved Anne in the least. Her mind was made up. She would not go to school to Mr. Phillips again; she told Marilla

 

LMM Notes

LMM Note E8
I'd let myself be torn limb from limb if it would do you any good.

LMM Note F8
And we're going to learn a new song—Jane Andrews is practicing it up now; and Alice Andrews is going to bring a new Pansy book next week and we're all going to read it out loud, chapter about, down by the brook. And you know you are so fond of reading out loud, Anne[.]"


TEXT ANNOTATION

"you harrow up my very soul": Adapted from Hamlet, I.v.16." "would harrow up thy soul."

TEXT ANNOTATION

"you've never played ball": Montgomery's detailed description of the kind of ball she played in Cavendish can be found in Appendix D in Rubio and Waterston's Selected Journals Volume 4, Oxford University Press, 1999, pp. 424–26.