'I was just thinking of you when you were a little girl, 'said Marilla. 'And…you're going away now…and I'll be lonely without you. 'Anne took Marilla's face in her hands, 'Marilla, nothing will change. Perhaps I'm bigger and older now, but I'll al-ways be your little Anne.And I'll love you and Matthew and Green Gables more every day of my life. 'Marilla could not say what she felt, like Anne, but she could show it. She put her arms round her girl and held her close to her heart.And so for the next year Anne lived in Charlottetown, and went to college every day. She sometimes came home at week-ends,but she had to study hard. Some of her Avonlea friends were at Queen's too, and also her enemy, Gilbert Blythe. Anne saw that he often walked and talked with other girls.She felt sure that she and Gilbert could have some interesting conversations. But she didn't want to be the first to speak to him, and he never looked at her.
