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have been quite as touching as Mr. Phillips’ had been under similar circumstances three years before. Diana looked back at the school (begin subscript)^(end subscript)(begin superscript)house(end superscript) from the foot of the spruce hill and sighed deeply.

“It does seem as if it was the end of everything, doesn’t it”? she said dismally.

“You oughtn’t to feel half as badly as I do,” said Anne. (begin subscript)^(end subscript)(begin superscript)U17(end superscript) “You’ll be back again next winter but I suppose I’ve left the dear old school forever – if I have good luck, that is.”

“It won’t be the a bit the same. Miss Stacy won’t be there nor you nor Jane nor Ruby probably. I shall have to sit all alone, for I couldn’t bear to have another deskmate after you. Oh, we have had jolly times, haven’t we, Anne? It’s dreadful to think they’re all

 

LMM Notes

LMM Note U17
hunting mainly for a dry spot on her handkerchief.

[The Notes in this chapter range from U17-B18;Notes pages 124-126.]


PHOTO ANNOTATION

a small white schoolhouse peeks through a stand of trees at the top of a slope

"looked back at the school": Montgomery’s photo of the Cavendish schoolhouse from "down in the woods."
Archival & Special Collections, University of Guelph, L.M. Montgomery Collection