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Chapter 31 - (VERSO)

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stronger and better. She makes us write all our compositions essays as simply as possible. It was hard at first. I was so used to crowding in all the (begin subscript)^(end subscript)(begin superscript)fine(end superscript) big words I could think of – and I thought of any number of them. But I’ve got used to it now and I see it’s so much better.”
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“You’ve only two months more before the Entrance,” said Marilla. “Do you think you’ll be able to get through?”

Anne shivered.

I don’t know. Sometimes I think I’ll be all right – and then I get horribly afraid. We’ve studied hard and Miss Stacy has drilled us thoroughly but we mayn’t get through for all that. We’ve each got a stumbling block. Mine is geometry, of course, and Jane’s is Latin and

 

LMM Notes

LMM Note Y17
"What has become of your story club? I haven't heard you speak of it for a long time."

"The story club isn't in existence any longer. We hadn't time for it – and anyhow I think we had got tired of it. It was silly to be writing about love and murder and elopements (begin superscript)and mysteries.(end superscript) Miss Stacy sometimes has us write a story for training in composition but she won't let us write anything but what might happen in Avonlea in our own lives and she criticizes it very sharply and makes us criticize our own too. I never thought my compositions had so many faults until I began to look for them for myself. I felt so ashamed I wanted to give up altogether, but Miss Stacy said I could learn to write well if I only trained myself to be my own severest critic. And so I'm trying to."