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One more week, then no more school. I'm marking the day. This is my favorite

time of year.

Just before the holidays start.

I love that feeling when everything is new, that anything can happen feeling.

What's your favorite thing about summer?

Besides no school?

I don't know.

Lobster boils, bike rides.

Walking barefoot along the beach.

Standing on that cliff and watching the sea.

Summer clouds.

Finding shapes in them.

Like that one.

See that billowy one?

Like a weird zeppelin.

Or an elephant.

Felix and Izzy, sitting in a tree.

K -I -S -S -Y -N -G Johnny Lester, grow up!

Oh, I'm sorry.

Getting your mail, Mr. Dale?

Uh, yeah, yeah.

Hey, is that an English stamp?

Huh? Yeah, yeah.

Yes, the University of Cambridge.

Can I have it? The stamps.

I'm collecting them. Oh, indeed, indeed.

Gee,

I hope it's not bad news.

No, no.

God, not in...

Master, I need you, please.

Did you get these?

Monty, how am I promised I'd shop around the youth drop -in over at the hall?

Here you go.

Bundle.

No, Ashley, give me that one bundle.

All right.

This is a bundle of Monty's old baby clothes.

There we go. I really can't decide whether to keep them or not.

I should probably just put them in the mission box.

They're so perfectly good.

Certainly doesn't seem as though we're going to have any more need of booties

and bonnets.

No.

It's highly unlikely that Monty would be wearing them any longer.

Not what I meant.

Never mind.

Here.

Is there anything in the mail?

Mail?

Post?

Oh, I've got to get going.

My feet hurt.

The...

Donnie Lester, hold my horse, will you? Miss King!

Miss King!

Ada!

I'd like you to meet my niece, Hannah.

Moved all the way from Moncton to be my mother's helper.

Hannah, Miss King is the teacher at Avonlea School.

So, Hannah, is it?

Well, you'll be in my schoolhouse come fall, will you?

Suppose I must.

And isn't...

That a smart new outfit. I see you, too, have succumbed to the latest style.

What?

Olivia!

I'd like you to meet my niece, Hannah.

This is Mrs. Dale.

How do you do?

You have to wonder what a body does around here.

I mean, don't get me wrong.

But next to Moncton.

Oh, never fear.

Once we get you joined up with the Presbyterian youth, you'll find friends

enough to fill your time.

Oh, I don't usually have no trouble making friends, dear.

Any.

You don't usually have any trouble.

Yes, dear.

That's what I said.

Hannah, why don't you come and meet my niece, Cecily? Well, I do hope this

group has a fella or two.

Mark my words, Ada Hubble.

You'll have your hands full with that one.

Get the youth inside and get the ping pong started.

Yes, Mrs. Lynch.

The chaperone now.

No longer part of the youth group.

How does it feel to be a right old lady?

Very fun.

Now, I want these boys home by 4 .30.

Aye, aye, Miss King.

Oh, and Miss King, would you possibly be up for a caller after supper tonight?

Well, that depends on the caller.

Oh, for pity's sake, come for supper. Come on, lads. All aboard for the

Express.

Bring it on there, boy. Okay.

Let's go.

Woo -hoo!

Oh!

Set point! And the winners are...

and Izzy Pettibone.

Come now, everyone, this way.

This way for refreshments. There's lemonade and hot cakes.

Come on.

Why don't you come and get a drink? There's plenty of good things to eat,

Girls,

why don't you go over and make sure that Tana feels well?

Care for some lemonade?

This youth group's an awful kiddie affair.

Nothing near Moncton.

We had dances and picnics in that.

Avonlea has picnics. Oh, there's a big one coming up the first of July.

For Dominion Day.

Oh? Yeah, there'll be athletics and games and sports and so on.

And usually there's good fireworks.

Moncton had the most terrific fireworks last year.

Mind, I had a swell view of them.

Lying in the bow of a canoe.

Floating on the water.

A canoe?

Canoeing's all the thing in Moncton.

There could possibly be canoeing at the picnic.

Do you think so? Canoeing at the picnic? What fun!

And I received some wonderful canoes in at the store that I'd be happy to loan.

Oh, and now, Felix, I do believe we have an old canoe lying around the barn

somewhere.

What's all this?

Oh, well, the Presbyterian youth group would like canoeing at the July 1st

picnic, so... Absolutely nuts.

God bless canoeing.

On Dominion Day?

Put that right out of your mind. Oh, please, if we would just... You heard

Linton.

To me, it's just a flimsy excuse for a boy and a girl to get alone together in

confined space.

Hey, coming can be fun. It's healthy outdoor exercise.

All right,

oh, hold on now.

Let's have a vote.

Chaperones, those opposed?

And those in favor.

Heading for a soda?

Izzy, you have to come with me for a bike ride.

Mother's made it my job to entertain Hannah.

Sorry, Felix.

I have to go.

Canoeing, eh?

I wouldn't mind a paddle will tie your baby Hubble.

I think she's stuck up, but maybe she's just shy.

Shy my auntie?

You two know toot about women.

And you're such a lady slayer?

I'm doing a sight better than either of you.

Yeah, right.

Especially you, Woods.

Hey, I do fine with the girls.

Right, Wanderlips.

Let's hear it, your latest conquest.

Details.

Well, she was this girl, eh?

A guess that the white man, he made the cuckoo like there was no tomorrow.

Oh, wee, what a kisser.

Yeah, and then you woke up.

You two wouldn't know what to do with a girl if you could get one in a canoe.

But poor Miss Hubble, she won't stand a chance when she's lip to lip with a

canoe in Casanova.

Sure.

Besides, it's not right to trifle with a girl if you've got no proper interest.

King, you've got a whole lot to learn about the world, especially women.

There are so many memories attached to baby clothes.

Sometimes it's hard to part with them.

Oh, it's not that.

Jasper and I always said we'd have a house full of children, but it doesn't

as though Providence has that in store for us.

I can't help but feel... though I'm somewhat of a disappointment,

to Jasper.

Jasper would never say that.

Well, I know.

But I feel it, nonetheless.

I feel somehow, though he's discontented,

and even though he keeps it bottled up inside, I'm afraid,

secretly,

Can we help you with something, your lady?

Oh, I just wanted to tell Felicity that I've got some old readers that little

Belma's grown out of.

I thought the orphans might like them.

Why don't you just drop them off at the founding home?

Olivia.

There is no reason in the world for you to think that Jasper is discontented

either with you...

Or with life here.

Now, you know what?

I want you to take this bag of baby clothes and chuck it in that box.

Because if nothing else, you know what the old wives say.

As soon as you throw something out, you need it.

Oh, Jasper, I promised we'd chaperone the canoeing club. I hope that's all

right. The canoe club? Well, my paddle work's a little rusty. We'll have to

practice.

Olivia, a most extraordinary thing is happening to me.

My friend, Dr. Ian Daly, he's taking a year's sabbatical from

Cambridge, and he wrote me.

And, well, he hopes...

that I might consider assuming his post and heading the lab.

Me, in the most up -to -date scientific establishment in the Empire,

treading halls trod by Sir Isaac Newton.

Now, I know it's almost beyond imagining your

leaving heavenly, so I wonder if...

Would you... Could you consider coming with me to

England?

Careful now.

Here we go.

I see.

Ah, I knew we still had this old canoe.

Yes, and it's a good one, too.

Not many leaks, if memory serves.

Yeah.

Well, I'd better finish milking. I won't be late for the service.

Oh, I laid your clothes out for you and breakfast ready to go on the table.

All right.

All right.

Mother?

Yes, dear?

Can I ask you a question?

It's about something that's been bothering me.

Of course you can.

It's a question about life.

Well, I'll try to answer as best I can.

Well, I've been wondering, from a woman's point of view, if you can tell

a girl expects from a gentleman.

Oh.

Oh. Oh.

Well, girls are really not that different from boys, you know, in many

Well, they expect decency, honesty, and respect for who they

are. Oh, and also, of course, they hope for some gentlemanly consideration and

affection.

And, well, girls are unsure, too.

They want to be sure that a boy's intentions are clear.

That's more or less what I thought.

Yeah. Is there anything else you wanted to know?

No.

How'd I do? Not badly, although I guess I should remind you that while girls may

need all those things, boys only need one opportunity.

Oh.

I thought we'd

test it out before next week.

We'll take it off to the left.

Ready? One, two, three.

Be sure to keep your weight centered beneath you when you sit on the bow.

This isn't the first time I've been in a canoe, Felix.

If you want to sit in the front, I'll gladly steer.

No, I'll steer.

What's that all about?

Nothing. Let's just paddle.

Hey, Felix. Great day for a canoe trip.

Felix, put your back into it.

Is that a letter you've been carrying around, Jasper?

Make sure the flotation vest is securely strapped.

The lake isn't very deep here.

Aye. Well, I'm going to teach water safety at next week's picnic.

Better sleep than sorry. Yes.

Paddle.

Push off.

Push off.

Pushing off!

Do you have the tea?

Can we slacken the pace? We're not going anywhere particular.

Let's go on as far as Pine Bend.

What are you doing?

Well, you don't want to catch a chill.

Well, actually, I was kind of warm from all that paddling.

That's when chills can happen.

I'm all right.

Thanks anyway.

Izzy?

We've been friends for a while, and I really like being around you.

I like being around you, too.

Well, that's good, because then what I was hoping, I was thinking, that what we

might do really only makes sense.

What were you thinking?

I was thinking it's time we moved on to the next logical step.

Kissing.

I always envied Felicity and Gus.

They were friends, and then it became something special, something very, very

special.

Don't you suppose it would be nice if that happened to our friendship, too?

I suppose.

I mean, I feel we owe it to ourselves to try, at least.

As an experiment, sort of. I mean, if we think of it as an experiment.

Felix, wait, I can't.

What's wrong with it?

It feels like we're in some kind of laboratory or something.

Always. It just doesn't feel right.

All right, let's not think of it as an experiment. Let's think of it as a...

Felix, please.

I can't.

You are sure about us, aren't you?

I guess.

I just don't want it to happen like this.

You've made me more happy than I thought was possible.

Stuart, careful.

It's still too soon.

Stuart, I'm very, very fond of you.

But... It's going to take a little bit of time for me to love you the way that

you want me to.

The way that you deserve.

Then consider this a standing offer to marry.

And when the time is right, you let me know.

And I'll put this on your hand.

I should be getting home.

Sure.

You want to walk me?

I feel I need to think about some things.

Maybe I need to be alone.

You aren't mad at me, are you?

No.

Felix, you're my best friend.

Maybe I'm just not sure that we should tamper with that.

Yet.

See you later?

Yeah.

See ya.

Hey, Felix.

Hello. So, you old fox, how far did you get with Miss Pettibone?

I had to pine bend him back.

I'll grow up, both of you. Details, Mr. King, details.

I'm not going to tell you anything.

Don't be a spoilsport. We want to hear about the lip wrestling.

Don't we, Albert? Sure.

Have you ever heard discretion is the better part of valor? That only counts

you have a reason to be discreet.

So, do you have a reason?

Well, that, boys, is the kind of question a gentleman does not answer.

Oh, Jasper, could there possibly be a lovelier spot on Earth?

Jasper, are you happy?

Happy? Happy.

Happy? How?

With life.

I think we have a good life.

Are you contented?

Oh, contented.

Yes, are you contented with our life?

Well, you see... Funny that you should say that.

You know how I often said that...

I'd like more time to devote to science.

Yes? Well, a most fascinating... You aren't contented!

I'm not. And you're stammering.

It's like stammering.

We only do that when you're nervous or upset.

Unless you're upset with me.

Do you have something to tell me?

Um... Indeed, I, um... I do have something to...

Oh, just spit it out, then.

I want to go to England. England?

I have had an offer to go there and teach.

Well, no, actually, do more than teach.

Jasper. Wait, wait, wait, no, no.

Olivia, I have decided.

I don't expect you to go.

You don't? No.

How long have you been thinking?

Quite a while.

Put this canoe to shore. No, no, you're upset. Put this canoe to shore, dearest.

Help me, I'll do it myself.

You're upset. Give me that paddle, Jasper.

Give me the paddle this minute. This minute. Give it to me.

Give me that paddle.

Give me that paddle, Jasper. I need it.

Give it to me. This minute. Give it to me. Right there.

Jasper.

Well, Olivia, if you would only listen.

This is the most remarkable opportunity.

Yes, I'm sure it is, Jasper.

For pity's sake, Cambridge is the foremost center of scientific learning

empire. Dr. Ian Daly, he has asked, he's going on sabbatical, and he's asked me

to run the laboratory.

Well, then, why don't you want me to go?

Well, would you want to?

Well... It's only that... I'm not sure that it would work.

And to uproot you and Monty, I might only last.

One turn.

I thought that it would be better for you to stay behind.

I mean, who is going to run the cannery? The cannery?

You're worried about the cannery?

You could hire someone to run the cannery. Yes, I'm sorry, of course.

We will find someone to run the cannery.

So do you want to go?

I didn't say that.

Well, do you or don't you?

May I see that

kerosene lamp, please?

Don't you be a carry -on in front of my aunt.

I won't take it, thanks.

And I don't appreciate getting the walleye from that wet blanket. He's a

pettibone, either.

She should watch who she's giving the eye after the way she's been making time

with Felix King.

What's this?

I know New Brunswick girls like to slouch around and make goo -goo eyes,

here in Avonlea, young ladies behave differently. I was doing nothing like

and even if I was, the girls of Avonlea's no prizes.

Don't you know all about Izzy Pettibone? What about Izzy?

Having a snuggle marathon with Felix King?

That girl can noodle anything in pants.

What's this?

Hannah says that Izzy Pettibone and Felix... Well, you know who never had a

proper mother for her growing up.

I blame Felix King.

And Felicity throwing herself at the first man who comes around. I tell you,

King clan is going down the drain.

Oh, I'm so pleased. I honestly like Stuart McRae. He's established and

a fine man.

I've always thought he's rather handsome, too.

Oh, and Olivia, your opinion means so much to me.

Why, mine especially.

Well, you must know that I look up to you.

You're a model to me of what is possible.

A career, a home, the most perfect marriage.

Well, marriages aren't always what they seem from the outside, Felicity.

Some look like complete mismatches, and yet the folks in them are completely

happy with each other and content.

look perfect on the outside, but... But actually, they're not.

They're not really... They're not really considerate of each other at

all!

Aunt Olivia, good heavens.

Didn't you hear with Joe's own ears?

Olivia and Jasper Dale are getting a divorce.

You can go to grass and eat clover.

Felix would have never said something like that.

Well, it's nothing I made up. Everybody in town has watched the cooch you two

have been playing.

From what Felix says, you are the snuggle -up queen of Avonlea.

He said that?

You can wait.

Well, that was good and neighborly of you to help us get the hay in, Albert.

Well, you got to make hay while the sun shines.

Isn't that the truth?

Well, what do we hear?

Hi, Izzy.

What did you say to Donnie Lester?

About what?

About Pine Bend.

He's spreading around town that you and I... That you and me were... Well, you

know what he's saying, and everybody else is saying it, too.

Honestly, Izzy, I don't know what you're talking about.

How could you make a suggestion like that?

I never said a thing like that.

Albert, back me up.

Um, well, uh...

What he said was, um... Albert, tell her what I said.

No, Albert.

He can't make you tell lies for him.

Izzy, come on.

I hope you're ashamed.

Cecily!

My letter to Dr. Daly, no, I said I'd wire him, but a cable seemed too terse

the occasion, so I feel I owe him an explanation.

After all, he showed some faith in me.

Well, Jasper, I hope you know that I have faith in you, too.

Oh, why should you? Why should anyone?

In the eyes of the scientific world, I am a dabbler, a dilettante, a designer

canneries.

If that were true, Dr. Daly would never have extended his offer, his

extraordinary offer, so richly deserved.

I'm sure there are many other fine candidates for the job.

Jasper, do you feel that I hold you back?

Hold me?

Holly!

I love you most.

I'll post this.

No.

Jasper, we'll go.

No.

We'll move to England.

Why are boys such crumbs?

Well, at some point, we all make mistakes and say things that we

The need to puff oneself up has made a fool of many a man.

Particularly cruel to boys of a certain age.

cruel to boys?

What about me?

Oh, my, I'm sorry. Of course it wasn't fair to you.

Or kind.

But people will do and say things without stopping to think how it might

someone else.

I'm certain that Felix never meant to hurt you.

Well, I hope never to see him again.

Not easily accomplished in a town the size of Heavenly.

of being young and in love.

I didn't say that I kissed her.

No, but you didn't deny it either.

And you knew who would jump to what conclusion.

Respecting a girl's honor, Felix, is more than a hollow cliche. Izzy deserves

her...

privacy or dignity, and if you can't respect that, maybe you're not ready for

her trust.

How do you say your story so that a girl knows you mean it?

Well, first it's got to be the truth.

You ought to be sorry for what you did, not just because you got caught.

I don't really care about Izzy.

It was pride that got you into this corner, and...

I'll maybe have to lose some pride to get out of it.

What Felicity King is doing to Gus Pike's memory.

Oh, boy. Phoebe McDougal, you never had a good word to say about Gus in life.

Well, I have proper respect for the dead.

It all seems to go one way or the other, don't it?

Either a girl gets over a thing like that and gets on with living, or she

wallows in misery and goes a spinster to her grave.

Personally, I'm glad Felicity is of the former mind.

You have to wonder if it all comes to naught anyway.

given the success of the king marriages.

What's this?

Well, have you not heard?

Jasper and Olivia Dale are getting a divorce.

Oh, careful.

You, Lely, you're way behind the times. They're not getting a divorce. They're

going to England.

Oh.

Well, frankly, I don't know which one is worse.

Well, ladies, if everything's under control here, I'd better get back to the

lake and make sure they save me a clue.

We're trusting you, Rachel, to keep a close eye.

By holy providence, if any boy gets within two feet of a girl...

Not a girl, Rachel.

Ah!

Congratulations.

Here, you take over.

That was luck.

Stuart and Father get along well. They do.

They do.

Stuart's a good man.

I suppose half of Avonlea is talking about us by now.

Oh, well, neighbors talk, dear, because that's what neighbors do best.

That shouldn't be enough to stop someone from doing what they really want to do,

unless there's more to this. Mother.

I still carry Gus in my heart.

Oh, I know.

I know.

We all loved Gus and we none of us want to entirely let him go, but... Oh, my

dear, it breaks my heart to see you alone.

You see, Felicity, I believe that people are meant to go through life two by

two.

With your father, my sorrows have been easier and my joys all the sweeter.

I know you could get by alone if you had to, but... Providence has given you a

second chance.

You're a big, hard girl.

All you have to do is decide if there's room enough in there for Stuart to vote.

You are perfectly welcome to your own brand of chaperoning, but I'm afraid

canoes are limited here, and you're just going to have to share one like

everyone else.

That's fine.

Just point me in the right direction.

Bonjour, monsieur.

Izzy, will you just talk to me? I don't think I care for this part of the lake,

Cecily.

We need to talk about going to England.

Oh, Jasper, it's a very important step for you. You must take it.

But must you?

No, listen to me, Olivia.

You are as true an islander as ever, I can assure you.

You are as much of this place as if you were... If you'd grown out of the brick

-red soil.

I can't tear you up by the roots and ask you to take to some other places.

I know you, and your family, and Avonlea.

What if I went alone?

Just for a...

Derm, just see how you know I fit in and... Just say it, Jasper.

You're not happy and it's all my fault. What are you on about?

A big disappointment to you because you wanted a big family.

Ollie, Ollie, dear heart, we're in this together.

We both play the cards that Providence deals.

And bigger, small, dear heart, we're a family, whether we have...

Twenty children or dear Monty alone?

You're not unhappy with me?

Unhappy?

Olivia, Dave, life with you is happiness divine.

it up to you.

Attention

all

of Avonlea. I, Felix King, never, I repeat, never kissed Izzy Pettibone.

Can I talk to you alone?

No. Stay here, too.

If that's the way you want it, I'll say what needs to be said in front of them.

Izzy, I'm sorry.

I am a lout and a fool, and I let stupid pride lead me by the nose.

I caused you pain where in no way you deserved it.

You are the kindest, most generous, most decent girl I could ever want to know.

And I only hope that one day I can earn back your faith and trust in me.

I have to go home.

Oh, it's for Pete's sake. I embarrass myself in front of half of Avonlea. Does

that not say anything to you?

It says to me that you know a little of what it feels like to be humiliated,

too.

But that's all.

You still haven't proved that you're a gentleman.

It takes deeds, Felix.

Not just words.

Albert, would you be good enough to walk me home?

Izzy!

I'm going to miss you so much.

You'll not be half so lonely as I will.

Let's just keep reminding ourselves it's only for a few months.

After a term, I'll know better what I'm up against.

Oh, I know you'll do well, Jasper.

I just hope you don't find your new life too exciting.

Olivia, you are the only woman with whom I could

ever be happy.

And with every passing year,

I realize that more and more.

I love you, Mr. Dale.

I love you, Mrs.

Dale.

Happy Dominion Day.

Stuart?

Yes?

What is it? Have you still got that ring case?

Will you marry me?

I will.