他们都在那里,蹲在那片空旷的小空地上——费思和尤娜、杰瑞和卡尔、杰姆和沃尔特、南和迪,还有玛丽·万斯。他们正在举行一场特别的庆祝活动,因为这将是杰姆在彩虹谷的最后一个晚上。第二天他将前往夏洛特敦就读女王学院。他们的魅力圈子将会被打破;尽管他们的小节日很欢乐,但每一个快乐的年轻人的心里都有一丝悲伤。看到那里
(They were all there, squatted in the little open glade-Faith and Una, Jerry and Carl, Jem and Walter, Nan and Di, and Mary Vance. They had been having a special celebration, for it would be Jem's last evening in Rainbow Valley. On the morrow he would leave for Charlottetown to attend Queen's Academy. Their charmed circle would be broken; and, in spite of the jollity of their little festival, there was a hint of sorrow in every gay young heart. See-there)