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Chapter 30 - (VERSO)

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Since the day by the pond when she had refused to listen to his plea for forgiveness, Gilbert, save for the aforesaid determined rivalry, had evinced no recognition whatever of the existence of Anne Shirley. He talked and jested with the other girls, exchanged books and puzzles with them, discussed lessons and plans, sometimes walked home with one or the other of them from prayer-meeting or Debating Club. But Anne Shirley he simply ignored and Anne found out that it is not pleasant to be ignored. It was in vain that she told herself (begin subscript)^(end subscript)(begin superscript)with a toss of the head (end superscript)that she did not care. Deep down in her wayward, (begin subscript)^(end subscript)(begin superscript)feminine(end superscript) little heart she knew that she did care and that if she had


TEXT ANNOTATION

"determined rivalry": In Anne of Green Gables—The Musical(begin superscript)TM(end superscript), the rivalry is indeed fierce, and the dueling duet captures that fury really well ("I'll Show Her/Him"). Anne sings: "I'll show him / I'll show him that a girl can set her mind / To study hard and work and slave / And when the time has come he'll find / I'll show him." And Gilbert answers: "Though other boys are having fun by climbing trees and skipping school / Except for me, the only one! / I'll show her / I know her / I know behind that freckled face / There's just a stuck up snob who always has to win each race." Then they sing together, "I know him/ I know her."