Anne with an E (TV Series)

Your Will Shall Decide Your Destiny (2017)

R.H. Thomson: Matthew Cuthbert

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• Anne Shirley : [waiting at train station]  I'm very glad to see you. I was beginning to be afraid that you weren't coming and I was imagining all the things that might have happened to prevent you. I'd made up my mind that if you didn't come for me, I'd go down the tracks to that big wild cherry tree and climb up into it and stay all night. I wouldn't be a bit afraid, and it would be lovely to sleep in a tree all white with bloom in the moonshine, don't you think?

  Matthew Cuthbert : [pulls his hand back from her aggressive hand shake] 

  Anne Shirley : I can also imagine that I'm already a disappointment to you. I'm aware that I'm not much to look at, but even though I'm thin, I'm very strong. I want you to know that I'm forever grateful that you're adopting me. You're a sight for sore eyes, Mr. Cuthbert.

• Anne Shirley : But just now I feel pretty nearly perfectly happy. Although I can't feel exactly perfectly happy, because, well what color would you call this?

  [holding up a braid] 

  Matthew Cuthbert : It's red isn't it?

  Anne Shirley : Yes, it's red. Now you see why I can't be perfectly happy. Nobody could who has red hair. It's my lifelong sorrow.

• [first lines] 

  Marilla Cuthbert : [moving about the kitchen]  You'll want to hurry and eat if you're to meet the train on time.

  [sighing] 

  Marilla Cuthbert : I pray this isn't foolishness, but it's too late now. We made a practical decision; we'll just have to hope for the best. With any luck, Mrs. Spencer will have picked out a good one; a hard worker and obedient like we asked for. I couldn't tolerate a lazy boy or a sullen boy. No, I couldn't abide it and I wouldn't. In spite of all the worry, I'm relieved to know that you'll have a regular hand about the place. You can't buy loyalty. You coming in - sometime today?

  Matthew Cuthbert : [silently polishing his shoes] 

• Matthew Cuthbert : Well, now. We're pretty near home. Just another mile or so.

  Anne Shirley : Home. What a wonderful word.

• Anne Shirley : Do things ever give you a thrill?

  Matthew Cuthbert : Well, I don't rightly know.

  Anne Shirley : There has to be something.

  Matthew Cuthbert : Well, now, um... I suppose it kind of gives me a thrill to see those ugly white grubs that spade up in the cucumber beds.

  Anne Shirley : I suppose I can imagine that.