Anne of Green Gables Vol.23
Anne is Invited to Tea
Uncle, thank you~
Afternoon, did we receive any papers?
If it's the Farmer's Advocate it's already inside.
Thank you~
For me?
What happened?
Afternoon tea?
Uncle, thank you~
Anne came dancing up the lane,
like a wind-blown sprite
one August afternoon.
Marilla~
Marilla, big news!
And what are your eyes popping out of your head about. Now?
Have you discovered another kindred spirit?
No, Marilla, but oh, what do you think?
I don't know.
I am invited to tea at the manse tomorrow afternoon!
Mrs Allan left the letter for me at the post office.
Just look at it, Marilla.
'Miss Anne Shirley, Green Gables.'
That is the first time I was ever called 'Miss.' Such a thrill as it gave me!
I shall cherish it forever among my choicest treasures.
Mrs. Allan told me she meant to have all the members of her
Sunday-school class to tea in turn. Tomorrow is yours, Anne.
But Marilla...
Mrs. Allan is the first person to call me a Miss,
So to me...
You needn't get in such a fever over it.
Do learn to take things calmly, child.
Calm?
Marilla, how could I remain calm like this?
Mrs. Allan invited me out for tea!
Where are you going?
You're not done preparing lunch yet!
You want to show Matthew this letter.
Really.
Matthew, the wind is strong outside.
Right, if this goes on it looks like it'll rain tomorrow.
Rain?!
Matthew, is that true?
Yes, it should rain if there's a sudden wind like this.
How could this be? How could it rain on the day I got invited!
Matthew has your forecast ever been wrong?
Most of the time they prove to be accurate.
What should I do?
Anne, what's wrong?
Anne!
What's wrong with her?
Well... I'm not too sure...
I only said it would rain tomorrow...
Really, she really needs to learn to calm down now.
Anne went to bed that night speechless with misery.
Did it rain?
Everything's over.
If it should rain tomorrow then morning should not have come.
The rustle of the poplar leaves about the house worried her,
It sounded so like pattering raindrops,
And the full, faraway roar of the gulf, the calm before the storm.
The morning, in spite of Matthew's predictions,
Was fine and Anne's spirits soared to their highest.
What a splendid morning!
Matthew Matthew~
Matthew did you see today's weather?
Right, the weather has turned for the better.
Matthew, I saw too.
The belated sun is shooting its rays behind the clouds.
Like... the sun is smiling.
Because it played a serious joke on me yesterday.
But Matthew, the sun is shy
so it won't apologize.
It will just peep at me and blush.
Right, Anne,
I feel happy even after this bad prediction.
Matthew, this shows that there is not absolute in this world?
But this is really great.
Right, nothing is absolute.
Oh, Marilla, there is something in me today that makes me just love everybody
I see. You don't know how good I feel!
Wouldn't it be nice if it could last?
I believe I could be a good child if I were just invited out to tea every day.
I don't mind you being good, but please don't break the dishes.
But oh, Marilla,
It's a solemn occasion too.
I feel so anxious.
What if I shouldn't behave properly?
You know I never had tea at a manse before,
and I'm not sure that I know all the rules of etiquette.
Although I've been studying the rules given in the
Etiquette Department of the Family Herald ever since I came here.
I'm so afraid I'll do something silly or forget to do something I should do.
My heart beats quickly at the mere thought.
I'll put the hot water here.
Thank you.
Would it be good manners to take a second helping of..
Anything if you wanted to VERY much?
The trouble with you, Anne,
Is that you're thinking too much about yourself.
How to do will be the best
You should think about how to make others happy
You must think it over
Really.
You are right,
Marilla. I'll try not to think about myself at all.
It's a new jewel just grown.
A big one, like a red strawberry.
But this makes it easier to pluck.
I understand that Eddie Wells, and how he works hard for his feelings...
And I'm drifting on the lake...
I think you need to remove those wet clothes!
Look! The water is dripping!
Marilla, I know.
But I think Mrs. Allan would be happy,
Because they're all big. Look~
Anne!
Yes...
That afternoon
Anne brought the berries and went to the manse clean.
Like there's a beat hidden under my chest.
Anne Shirley's heartbeat.
No matter how good the person,
no matter how tasty the tea,
please don't do anything impulsive.
It's Anne Shirley! Welcome~
Please come in!
Anne, what's wrong?
Mrs. Allan, good afternoon~
Thank you for your invitation today~
The time is just nice,
I thought you would come soon.
I went in because I wanted to calm down.
Then...
That's why you stood there.
Then Miss Anne Shirley, please relax and come on in.
Miss Anne Shirley?
Here was another little girl at the manse to tea,
From the White Sands Sunday school.
Her name was Laurette Bradley.
I plucked this earlier.
Berries!
So many and so big!
Thank you Anne Shirley.
It must have been a lot of work plucking them?
Not really, but I fell into the river while plucking them.
Fell into the river?
Yes, I was too careless, so I was scolded by Marilla.
My mother often scolded me like that when I was your age too.
Mrs. Allan, is that true?
Were you hurt?
No, as you can see, not a scratch at all.
Then please both of you sit down. I'll go draw the tea.
With Mrs. Allan's warm smile, Anne lost her anxiety.
Her heart didn't leap out,
and went normally
while she was yet in the manse.
Anne placed her present on the table,
And the etiquette problem she was
worried about could be overcome one by one
Anne, welcome~
Minister, thank you for your invitation!
Your voice is touching.
Anne's voice is not bad,
Why don't you let her join the Sunday-school choir?
Your friend Diana Barry would want to join too wouldn't she?
Diana's voice is angelic.
Mrs. Allan, I've long harboured that thought.
But I gave up, feeling myself unworthy.
You can live up to it, don't you think so?
Right, your voice is splendid.
Thank you Laurette.
Laurette, it's time to go home.
Laurette stays further so I have to send her back.
Right, would you like juice?
Don't stand on ceremony.
You are welcome
Anne, you seem to like this painting?
I'm sorry, I...
Doesn't matter, take a good look then.
This is a painting of Jesus blessing the children.
When I see this painting,
I remember the time I was alone.
This girl dressed in blue by the side is me...
No, was me.
Anne Shirley.
After seeing this, I felt that that girl was an orphan with no parents,
because she looked so lonely.
But she wanted to be blessed to, so she moved nearer to where people were.
She thought nobody would notice her.
I understand how she felt. It was like when
I asked Marilla Cuthbert to keep me in Green Gables.
Although that child has a heartbeat, her limbs are cold.
She feels that Lord Jesus did not notice her existence~
But Mrs. Allan, she will be noticed, won't she?
Right, she will.
I can already imagine it.
That girl going closer, already near Lord Jesus.
And Jesus glances at her, putting his hand on her head.
That indescribable expression of naked joy on her face.
But the person who painted this
Needn't paint Lord Jesus to be so melancholy.
I don't believe Lord Jesus would have that expression,
Or the children would be afraid and dared not go near him.
Anne Shirley,
if you could, could you tell me about your past?
Mrs. Allan~
Marilla~!
Marilla~
Oh, Marilla, I've had a most
I feel that I have not lived in vain and
I shall always feel like that even if
I should never be invited to tea at a manse again.
I really think I'd like to be a minister's wife when I grow up, Marilla.
A minister mightn't mind my red hair
Because he wouldn't be thinking of such worldly things.
But then of course one would have to be naturally good and
I'll never be that.
You are heavy.
After Laurette had gone Mrs. Allan and I had a heart-to-heart talk.
I told her everything.
Violetta and coming to Green Gables.
About Mrs. Thomas and the twins and Katie Maurice and
Violetta and coming to Green Gables.
I think Mrs. Allan would have been tired of listening.
And would you believe it, Marilla?
Mrs. Allan told me she was a dunce at geometry too.
You don't know how that encouraged me.
Marilla~
Marilla~!!
You're here?
Big news!
Mrs. Lynde, what happened?
Marilla, don't you be scared.
The trustees have hired a new teacher, and she's female.
That's great, my instincts were on the spot.
From September a female teacher would...
How is that teacher? Is she young?
This is not a matter of age.
Avonlea had never had a female teacher.
I fear this is a dangerous innovation.
I think it's something good to have a female teacher in charge~
Aunty, what is that teacher called?
I think she's called Miss Muriel Stacy.
Muriel Stacy.
What a romantic name!
It must be a gentle and pretty teacher like Mrs. Allan.
I hope this teacher comes quickly.
I hope September comes soon.
Aunty, thank you for the good news.
You forgot your milk bucket.
Anne is feeling very happy.
Anne determines to walk across the roof after Josie Pye dares her.
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