Episode Title:
One Can't Stay Sad Very Long in Such an Interesting World
Episode Description:
Rachel advises Marilla to let Anne not go to school for a week. Diana comes over for a tea party, Anne pours what she thinks is raspberry cordial, but it is actually currant wine. This causes Diana's mother to say that Anne can no longer speak or hang out with Diana. Both girls make a promise to never forget one another, then part, but not before Anne kisses Diana on the forehead and gets a lock of her hair. The next day, Anna decides to go to school and tries to act like a model student. She gets gifts from the other students at school. The following day, Diana and Anne exchange letters, while Anne refuses to talk to Gilbert, with both getting high marks in class. It is shown that Anne secretly exchanges letters with Diana, while Anne laments she can't talk with Diana. That winter, Anne helps treat Diana's sister, Minnie May, who gets sick with croup, with ipecac, and Matthew gets a doctor from a nearby town. Matthew and Anne travel home. Later, Diana and Anne are again on speaking terms after Diana's mother is grateful for what Anne did for Minnie. Anne gushes to Matthew and Marilla about the time she had with Diana. She reads the letter Diana gave her and falls asleep.