Perhaps Anne caught something of the "model" spirit from Minnie Andrews; at least she got on very well with Mr.Phillips thenceforth.

She flung herself into her studies heart and soul, determined not to be outdone in any class by Gilbert Blythe.
The rivalry between them was soon apparent; it was entirely good natured on Gilbert's side; but it is much to be feared that the same thing cannot be said of Anne, who had certainly an unpraiseworthy tenacity for holding grudges.

She was as intense in her hatreds as in her loves.

She would not stoop to admit that she meant to rival Gilbert in schoolwork, because that would have been to acknowledge his existence which Anne persistently ignored; but the rivalry was there and honors fluctuated between them.

Now Gilbert was head of the spelling class; now Anne, with a toss of her long red braids, spelled him down.