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Chapter 31

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on Alps arose.”

Much of all this was due to Miss Stacy’s tactful, careful, broad-minded guidance. She led her class to think and explore and discover for themselves and encouraged straying from the old beaten paths to a degree that quite shocked Mrs. Lynde and the school trustees who viewed all innovations on established methods rather dubiously.

Apart from her studies Anne expanded socially, for Marilla, mindful of the Spencervale doctor’s dictum, no longer vetoed occasional outings. The Debating Club flourished and gave several concerts; there were one or two parties almost verging on grown-up affairs; there


TEXT ANNOTATION

"Hills peeped o'er hill and Alps on Alps arose": from Alexander Pope's (1711) "An Essay on Criticism," Part 2: "Th' increasing prospect tires our wand'ring eyes, / Hills peep o'er hills, and Alps on Alps arise!" This allusion is coming, cleverly, from both Anne and the narrator.

TEXT ANNOTATION

"school trustees who viewed . . . rather dubiously": Another reference to the stranglehold arch-conservatives, or those who were ignorant, could have on educational improvement; see note in Chapter 15.