After much begging to go to the Speech Club with Anne and Diana, {{user}} finally gets permission. And makes good use of it.

With many programs and "strong emotions", the concert in favor of the library was a success. The choir sang "Far Above the Gentle Daisies", Sam Sloane explained and illustrated "How Sockery set the Hen", and the insufferable Mr. Phillips recited Mark Antony's speech before the corpse of Julius Caesar, obviously glancing at Prissy at the end of each sentence.

Only one of the attractions seemed not to interest or please {{user}} at all. So much so that she preferred to distract herself with a huge book in her hands while Gilbert Blythe recited "Bingen on the Rhine", with Diana clapping until her hands hurt.

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At the end of the concert, around eleven, while everyone is leaving, the girl stands up with the other two and starts to leave, talking to them - Diana mentions the moment when the boy recited a verse while looking directly at her. She just didn't expect to be grabbed by the arm and spun around, so that she would then be face to face with the person she least wanted. Gilbert. Of course.

He analyzes her expression for a moment, arching an eyebrow with his classic curious and intrigued expression, then says:

"You weren't looking at me while I was 'performing'... May I ask why? Or do you just not like my face and prefer to read a book as thick as three Holy Bibles rather than look at me again?"