SCENE: Prince Edward Island seaport, summer 1915
DIANA: Oh, Anne! Oh, hello! Oh, my gosh. Oh, look at you. Oh, you havent changed a bit.
ANNE: Neither have you. Oh, Ive been aching to see you!
DIANA: I know.
ANNE: [to Alan] Oh, no. Thank you for your help. Alan? Seems like a hundred years since you sat behind us in school pulling our pigtails.
DIANAS DRIVER: Oh gosh, Anne. Dont remind me.
ANNE: [to Diana] Why is Alan? Well, why?
DIANA: Hes well paid, Anne. I insisted Fred hire a driver, because we have so many guests coming and going.
ANNE: Spend your money on your family, Diana, not on me.
DIANA: Youre family, Anne. Besides, I have to spend the inheritance Aunt Jo left me somehow.
ANNE: [to Alan] Thank you.
DIANAS DRIVER: Youre welcome.
ANNE: Its strange seeing so many young men in uniform. Look. Thats Charlie Sloan and Will Bell. Its like theyre running off to a Sunday school picnic.
DIANA: In six months this nonsense in Europe will be over and we wont hear another blessed word about war. Anne, were going to have a fabulous holiday together.
ANNE: Just like old times.
DIANA: Yes.
SCENE: Avonlea road
ANNE: Smell the air, Diana. You wont find that sweet smell in Halifax.
DIANA: In your letters you sounded so happy about teaching in the Hopeton Orphanage. It must have broken your heart to say goodbye to all your students after five years.
ANNE: Lets go by Green Gables, Diana. Ive not been back since Marilla died.
DIANA: Imagine! Sheep on the main street! The man has sense at all.
ANNE: Stop it Diana; Im dying to walk anyway.
DIANA: No, Anne!
ANNE: [to Alan] You know Anne, Alan. Shes so ridiculously impulsive. Pull the car around to Green Gables farm, Alan. Shell just be a moment.
DIANAS DRIVER: Yes, maam.
DIANA: Anne! Anne! Wait! Wait!
SCENE: Green Gables
DIANA: Anne, Anne! Wait, wait, wait! I broke my heel. I should have warned you. Mr. Harrisons really let the place run down. He rented it out.
ANNE: Marilla and Matthew would be heartbroken at this site.
BOY: Hey move it! B2: Watch out!
GIRL: Get out of the way!
WOMAN: Get back in here, now! [to Anne and Diana] You two want something?
ANNE: I was raised in this house. It was a beautiful home once.
WOMAN: This dump?
ANNE: Youve no respect for the lives that have been lived here.
WOMAN: Do us both a favor and scat.
DIANA: [restraining Anne] Anne, Anne. Let it go. Theres nothing you could have done.
ANNE: Mr. Harrisons going to get a tongue lashing from me when I see him next. Those were Marillas June lilies. They were beautiful once. [Anne and Diana get chased by a dog] Give me your shoe! Give me your shoe!
DIANA: What?
ANNE: [Anne takes Dianas shoe and hurls it at the dog] Fetch!
DIANA: My gosh, Anne, that worked. That was my favorite pair of shoes.
ANNE: I should have bought this place myself after Marilla died. I should have taken every penny I earned from my book and from my magazine articles and made this place mine.
DIANA: Oh, Anne, dont try and rewrite the past. Now, I want you to forget your troubles. Youll be very comfortable living with us. Aunt Josephines money has left me without a care in the world.
SCENE: The Wright house
DIANA: Freds the youngest manager in the history of the bank. Isnt that right, darling?
FRED: Mm-hmm.
DIANA: Why, the inheritance hasnt hurt his career either, to be sure.
FRED: If you call doing nothing a career.
DIANA: You manage our business affairs brilliantly, darling.
FRED: No, I just mind my own business.
DIANA: Freds so modest. Hes turned out to be a wonderful father and a good husband, Anne. Sarah!
DIANAS MAID: Yes, maam?
DIANA: Please take the children upstairs now. Come give mommy a kiss goodnight.
FRED JR: Goodnight, Mom.
ANNE: Goodnight.
DIANA: Goodnight, sweetheart.
DIANAS MAID: Come along, then.
DIANA: They do so prefer their father.
ANNE: Its such a delicious evening. Lets have our tea in the garden.
DIANA: This house is so conducive to writing. If you stay for the summer, just think what fabulous ideas youd compose.
ANNE: Thats a big if. Diana, I dont feel right intruding on your family. Whats the matter?
DIANA: We have everything, but he doesnt even kiss me goodnight anymore.
ANNE: Im sorry. Well, havent you tried speaking about it?
DIANA: [shakes her head no] Fred was never a big conversationalist, even when we first got married. Its a different kind of silence now, though. Hes so preoccupied with the war. Thats the thing about staying engage
DIANA: you and Gil never change.
ANNE: Thats probably because we never see each other.
DIANA: If you put off your wedding any longer, youre going to be an old maid, Anne.
ANNE: Actually, when Gil finishes his term at Bellevue Hospital in August--
DIANA: August? How dare you deny me the pleasure of planning your wedding!
ANNE: Let me finish. I didnt say were getting married in August. Were going to choose a date.
DIANA: Oh, Anne, dont be coy! Oh. You can move back right away. Anne, life is going to be just the way it was when we were girls. Sarah!
ANNE: Wait. Shouldnt we consult Gilbert?
DIANA: [ignoring her] Sarah! Anne and Gil Blythe are getting married! And its not going to be some shoddy affair.
ANNE: Diana--
DIANA: Ill help, and Fred will help too. Oh, oh! Please, let him. Itll be a project for the three of us.
ANNE: Just one thing at a time. We need to slow down and consult Gilbert too.
DIANA: No, you let me talk to Gil. We can start by sending him a telegram.
ANNE: No, I--
SCENE: Beach
ANNE: [to herself] Oh, how Ive missed you all summer, Gil. With perfect memories of days passed.
DIANA: [to Alan, in car] Thatll be fine.
GILBERT: [seeing Anne on beach] There.
ANNE: [writing] And memory of perfect summer days of old. Our past, our friends-- [she stops, seeing Gil, she squeals, runs to him, and trips in the sand, falling down; she laughs]
GILBERT: Are you alright? Nothings broken or bent, I hope.
ANNE: [laughing] Only my pride. Oh, Gil, help me up. Im truly blind and a fool to boot. Oh, if I were blind, I should never forget the contours of your face. Why didnt you let me know.
GILBERT: I wanted to see you face to face. I have something to ask you.
ANNE: I do! [she kisses him]
GILBERT: Lets go take a walk down the lane.
SCENE: Lovers Lane
ANNE: If Diana has her way, well be married by the end of the week.
GILBERT: Weve been engaged so long, I figure people around here think we got married years ago.
ANNE: Yeah. What were you going to ask me?
GILBERT: I have a decision to make. It may turn our plans upside-down.
ANNE: What?
GILBERT: Bellevue Hospital has asked me to remain on staff for the year.
ANNE: [walking away] But we agreed.
GILBERT: Yeah, Anne, I realize that. But this is a remarkable opportunity. I know youve resisted coming to New York in the past.
ANNE: Youre asking me to go with you?
GILBERT: I couldnt bear another year without you.
ANNE: I want to be with you too, Gil.
GILBERT: Then come with me, right now. And well go immediately.
ANNE: I--. I couldnt be happy living anywhere else but here. This is where I want to be. So many memories locked up here. I cant leave it. [looking at Green Gables] I wish I could have done something. This place is in both our souls, Gil. I wish we could grow old together here.
GILBERT: Come on, weve still got a few years ahead of us.
ANNE: Ill go.
GILBERT: What?
ANNE: To New York, Ill go. Just to see if I like it first. But promise well come back to raise our family.
GILBERT: I promise.
ANNE: New York is an exciting place for a writer.
GILBERT: All the best publishing houses in the world are there. Are you sure?
ANNE: Im only sure of one thing: that Im scandalously in love with you. [they kiss]
GILBERT: Come on, we better tell Diana and Fred before they start sending off all the invitations.
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