"Perhaps she had not succeeded in 'inspiring' any wonderful ambitions in
her pupils, but she had taught them, more by her own sweet personality
than by all her careful precepts, that it was good and necessary in the
years that were before them to live their lives finely and graciously,
holding fast to truth and courtesy and kindness, keeping aloof from all
that savoured of falsehood and meanness and vulgarity. They were,
perhaps, all unconscious of having learned such lessons; but they would
remember and practice them long after they had forgotten the capital of
Afghanistan and the dates of the Wars of the Roses."
Anne of Avonlea by L.M. Montgomery
In the second book, Anne is no longer the student: she has become the teacher, and she pours her soul into it, as she does with everything. She is home to help Marilla with their two new additions: twins Davy and Dora. She also makes several new friends, who keep life interesting and full of love and imagination.
A wonderful read. I love watching Anne grow up.
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