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You can't come to my house? I promised
Dan and Olivia I'd take care of

Montgomery this afternoon, Dora. I'll
come down to Green Gables tomorrow and

play with you and Daisy.

Izzy, Pettibone, Brad, I'm going to get
you for this. Come on, Dora.

What about Montgomery?

Are you all right?

My future is completely black.

I'm doomed.

Absolutely none of my clothes are right.
I might as well just have farm girl

stitched in large letters across my
back. Oh, now, Felicity. I can't go to

teacher's college.

I won't.

Why on earth did I apply for entry this
term?

I have nothing at all to wear.

Mother, you've got to help me.

Felicity, you're going to school to
learn, not to sport the latest fashion.

Well, how am I supposed to concentrate
on learning if I don't look my best?

You have beautiful things.

Look at this.

Handmade. Your stitching's impeccable.

Handmade.

Exactly. It sticks out like a sore
thumb.

All the other girls love clothes from
catalogs.

Mother, look at this one.

Isn't it exquisite?

I could use my earnings from the general
store to pay for part of it, and you

and father could pay for the rest.

Oh, my.

Couldn't it? It's your baby quilt.

I made this for you before you were even
born.

It's amazing how fast time has passed.

Now you're going way to college.

Oh, look.

It's Felix's.

Oh, it's practically threadbare.

He dragged it everywhere.

Where's mine?

Oh, Cecily. Now, I know I had one for
you, too.

And, well, here it is.

I really did finish this one. By the
time you came along, I was so busy with

Felicity and Felix, I barely had time to
cut it out.

Poor Daniel. I never even got that far
with his.

It would have been pretty.

Cecily, where do you think you're going?

Use your hand, Chief.

And, hey, dear, what are you doing down
here?

I can't sleep, Mother. This cough.

You are burning up.

Do you feel sick to your stomach?

Then you take some of this now.

It'll help ease that cough.

There. Now you go upstairs and get under
those warm covers.

I'll come up with a cup of tea, honey.

Why had I just gone back to sleep?

Seth Lee, use your handkerchief.

Honestly, I can't wait till I go away to
teacher's college.

How wonderful to have a full night's
sleep.

Felicity.

What is it now?

The aches, the fever, the cough, and now
the blood and the mucus.

All the symptoms point to consumption.

Or what my learned colleagues are now
referring to as tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis is highly infectious.

There have been a few other cases in
these parts. Lily Murdoch's already been

diagnosed with it.

She sat next to Seth Lee in school.

Seth Lee will have to be kept completely
isolated from the rest of the family.

The only other alternative is...

is to give some consideration to a
sanatorium.

A sanatorium?

To send my Cecily away with strangers?

It is an option.

No.

Not for us.

I'll care for her myself.

Alec.

It's been my experience that home care
is just as viable.

Now she'll require complete bed rest and
make certain she doesn't catch a chill.

What about Felicity?

She shares a bedroom with Cecily.

Well, that doesn't mean she'll get sick,
though she would be the one most at

risk.

I'll look in on Cecily in a day or so.

Thank you, Dr. Snow.

Thank you, Doctor.

Miss King. Oh, good day to you, Dr.
Snow.

What's wrong?

Welcome call, I hope.

Cecily is sick.

Cold of her still hanging on, is it?

Well, I told you, Janet, she needs
mother's syrup.

I'll make up a batch for her right now.

It's consumption, Hattie.

Tuberculosis.

Oh, my.

Slugger. Oh, dear Ruth.

Will the doctor put the house under
quarantine?

Not yet, but we're all at risk.

Well, what did the doctor say we should
do? I think it would be best if you

didn't come around for a while.

Oh, no, you're right.

Take all the necessary precautions.

It went in a matter of months, remember?

Oh, hey, please, just do as I say.

We're not going to let Cecily get any
worse.

Hello? Olivia?

I'll be right down.

with Montgomery this morning.

He's in fussy since he woke up.

He was perfectly fine yesterday when I
left him with Cecily. You left him with

Cecily? Yes, Jasper and I had to go into
Carmody for that meeting with the bank

manager.

I'm really worried, Hetty.

He seems to have a bad fever. Feel his
forehead.

A fever?

I'm not sure. What do you think?

Coughing? Has he been coughing?

A little.

Why, what's the matter, Eddie?

I've just been to the king's farm and...
Cecily has galloping consumption.

Well, Cecily was here all day yesterday,
playing with Montgomery and holding

him. Do you think it's possible?

No, no, no, it's not possible.

No, it's just a cold, I'm sure.

What was I thinking, asking Cecily to
watch him? She's had that cough for

I knew that. And Janet, Janet should
know to have seen the signs.

Oh, if anything happens to Montgomery,
I'll never forgive that woman.

What did the doctor say?

They wouldn't tell me.

It is an acute case, Olivia.

You have to take all possible
precautions.

Ruth went like that, you know.

This illness is very contagious.

So, Felicity is going to move into
Felix's room, and Felix is going to move

the kitchen.

Won't it be fun to have a room all to
yourself?

We took good care of you.

What about my schoolwork?

Well, I'll tell Felix to book it up.

You're the one we have to worry about.

I'll get you some hot soup.

Go on, Digger.

Keep watch over her.

I heard Cecily coughing.

She's having a bad night.

I'll check on her again in a few
minutes.

You can get some sleep.

Aren't you coming up to bed?

Later.

Can't that wait?

No.

What is it?

Cecily's baby quilt.

We've got plenty of blankets for her,
Janet.

Come on up to bed.

I didn't even notice she was sick, not
really.

She just had a cough.

Cecily never says anything, never
complains.

Felicity and Felix, they're squeaky
wheels. They never stop complaining,

for things. God love them.

Cecily never asks for a thing.

I guess she was stuck right in the
middle.

I never tended to her the way I should.
You tended to her just fine.

You're a wonderful mother.

The best any child could hope for.

Come to bed.

In a bit.

I hope it ain't spreading.

You could catch it as easy as shaking
hands. That's the second child at the

school to get it. I think Janet King's
doing the right thing.

Caring for a youngster at home? Did they
just lock him up in those sanatoriums

and throw away the key? My second cousin
was sent to one and she never came out.

Some families have a weakness for it,
don't you think? You know what happened

Alec King's own sister, Ruth. They say
she caught it at Christmas and was gone

before Easter.

Two bars of lye and a bottle of
disinfectant.

It must be so frightening for the king.

It's frightening for all of us.

I have hours of work ahead of me to get
all the germs out of Green Gables, and

all because the children have had a
certain playmate.

Sorry I'm late, Miss Stacy. I had a lot
to do at home. That's all right, dear.

I understand.

Felicity King, I am not one to lay blame
on the wrong shoulders, but I have a

message I would like you to deliver to
your mother.

I am scandalized and horrified that she
let Cecily run all around the

countryside knowing full well the child
had galloping consumption.

We thought she had a cold, Mrs. Lind.

She's been coughing in Sunday school for
weeks and playing outside with the

other children. And I've been sharing a
bedroom with her.

And there certainly is nothing wrong
with me.

Nothing yet.

I can't sleep knowing that Davy and Dora
have been exposed.

I will never forgive Janet if anything
happens to those children.

I don't understand why she's so angry.

It's not like Cecily caught it on
purpose just to spite her.

That's not anger, dear.

That's fear.

Plain and simple.

Well, I'm just as frightened.

I mean, I have no idea what to expect or
what to do.

I wish I knew more about it.

You know, I often find that if I don't
know much about something, the best

I can do is to find out as much as I can
about it.

Excellent medical section in the
library, Charlottetown.

Why don't you go there and do some
research? It'll do you good.

It seems I'm not doing your business any
good by staying here.

There are things more important in life
than business.

As a matter of fact, I am going with
you.

That is, if you're not afraid of my
driving.

That's the least of my worries, Miss
Stacy.

Morning, Millie.

Millie?

Oh, Joe, let me help you there. No, I
can manage.

Well, you're going to drop everything
and have to be laundered again. No, no,

no. I can do it. I don't need your help.
What's wrong with you?

I can't afford to get thick, Felix King.

And my helping you with the linen is
going to make you sick. Well, maybe.

Everybody's talking about your sister.
You could have it too, you know.

You shouldn't be here.

There's nothing wrong with me.

No, no, don't worry about it.

Well, you might as well take it back to
the laundry now that you've touched it.

You shut up, Joe.

Boys!

What in blazes is going on here?

Get up off the floor this instant.

Give me that hat. Give me that hat.

Give me that hat.

Alec, my clean floor.

Oh, I'm sorry.

But the pot's boiling over there, Janet.

What? Oh. What's that burning smell? Oh,
for heaven's sake.

Where is my head?

Janet, please, why don't you just sit
down? Let me take some food. No, no, I

do it.

Janet, please.

Alec, I am her mother. Let me care for
her.

Did you get yourself a cookie there,
boy?

There you go, Daniel.

There you go.

There you go.

More coffee, sir? No, thank you.

Young man, where is my tea?

Just a minute, ma 'am.

Yes, sir?

A number of our staff have been
expressing their concerns to me.

Rumor leads to rumor.

The best interests of the hotel are my
first priority.

I know you're not ill, but...

Given your family's situation... You
mean Cecily.

I would like to relieve you of your
duties.

But, sir, I'm doing my job.

That's not the point. If one of the
staff quits, then they'll all quit.

I'm sorry, sir.

When this consumption business settles
down, you can come back.

Yes, sir.

You're right. The hotel is first
priority.

I'll come back when it's quiet for my
pay.

Janet, you're running yourself ragged.

You've got to give your wife some help.

I've been trying to, Eliza. She won't
let me.

For one, I believe you. I'm the first to
admit that the wards have one fault.

Tubbin' this.

No, I'm doing just fine.

But where is that Felicity? She's
supposed to be home by now. I asked her

the cooking. Janet, would you let me
help?

Well, you could have found a run.

Then I shall help you. Aw.

Now you fire up the stove, and where are
the skillets, and where are the mixing

bowls?

Listen to this.

The great turning point in the struggle
against tuberculosis took place when its

cause was discovered.

A bacillus, or rod -shaped bacterium.

It reproduces best in tissues rich in
oxygen, such as the lung.

The discovery is a huge step to the
understanding of this disease.

But it does not mean a cure is at hand.
Who wrote the article?

A Dr. T. Jones.

He's written the one that I'm reading,
too. And he says that the disease can be

controlled if caught in the early
stages.

Well, this article was published in the
Halifax Medical Monthly. Maybe he's from

somewhere near.

Let's see. About the author.

Dr. Jones resides in Summerside.

Well, well.

That's right, on the way home.

Yes? I wonder if we could speak to Dr.

Jones.

I'm sorry, the clinic's closed for the
day.

Please.

My name is Felicity King.

I don't have an appointment, but I need
to see the doctor.

Are you ill? It's her sister.

She has tuberculosis.

I read some articles that Dr. Jones has
written, and I think he can help her.

Come in.

Now tell me about your sister.

I'd really like to speak to the doctor.

You are.

Pardon me?

I'm Dr. Jones.

Oh, my goodness.

I'm terribly sorry.

I just didn't... Don't worry, Miss King.
It happens all the time.

There aren't many of us around yet, but
we're here.

Now, what can I help you with?

It's this disease.

I just feel so stupid about it.

And I'm very frightened.

And you understandably have a lot of
questions and you need some answers.

Yes.

Tuberculosis bacilli?

That's right. She read about them in one
of your articles.

May I? Of course.

This group came from a diseased lung.

I've never looked through a microscope
before.

Now, thank you for the roof over our
head and the food we eat.

And please help our Cecily get well and
strong so she can join us here at the

table again.

Amen. Please make Mr. Tremaine change
his mind about letting me go from my

position. Amen.

Felix.

He didn't have to.

I did all my work and they were treating
me like a leper.

Well, he's got to do what's best for the
hotel.

I wish Mr. Pettibone would make me stay
home from school.

Sorry I'm late.

Where have you been?

We were worried.

I was at the library in Charlottetown
with Miss Stacy.

What are you doing traipsing all over
the countryside?

I could have used your help at home.

I have the most wonderful news.

I met this Dr. Jones. Well, I thought
she was a man, but she's a woman. And

she's doing some studying on
tuberculosis.

Imagine that, someone right here in our
own backyard. Well, that's what Miss

Stacy said.

Your supper's getting cold.

Oh, she gave me some books to look at. I
don't need to look at pictures of sick

people, Felicity.

I see enough every time I climb those
stairs.

Well, I'm going back tomorrow.

I need you here.

But I have to.

Felicity, you heard what your mother
said.

Can I please have some water?

I'll go.

I'll go.

I think that stove could do with some
more wood in it.

Olivia?

In here, Hattie?

Here, I thought I'd come with some soup.

How is that cough, my little lamb?

He's fine.

No coughing, no fever.

The boy's perfectly fine. He does not
have consumption.

What a boy.

Put him down.

Have you been to King Fod today?

Oh, no.

No, I haven't.

Quite honestly, I'm afraid to go over
there.

Oh, God, buddy.

Sorry to have bothered you for nothing,
Doctor.

I suppose we both overreacted yesterday,
just like everyone else in this town.

No, no, you're perfectly right to call
me.

I'm ashamed.

When Ruth was sick, she was...

So far away, there wasn't a chance to
help. Now, Cecil is close by, and we

dare help. I have Montgomery and Jasper
to look after, and Sarah's coming home

in a week.

Well, I'm just not sure what we can
possibly do to help and yet not risk our

health.

You don't have to go in the house to
actually help.

Glazes? Oh, Alec, we just felt like we
had to do something. I did this when I

was ten.

No reason I can't still do it.

Yes, oh, and we milk the cows, too, I'll
have you know.

Oh, and, uh, Alec, there's a hamper of
food on the feed box over there.

I'm quite sure cooking's the last thing
Janet need worry about.

So you think we can't manage in a
crisis, hmm?

You two are incorrigible.

Eggs. Eggs in the manger.

I'll take these in. Thank you.

You're not ready.

I can't go.

Mother needs my help.

Janet, I'm so sorry about Cecily.

Thank you, Muriel.

I hope you understand I can't possibly
cook and look after her at the same

I need Felicity to help me in the
kitchen.

Felicity, can you check on Daniel,
please?

Perhaps I shouldn't have taken Felicity
to Somerset with me yesterday afternoon,

but I just thought if she could learn
something about the illness, it might

her, you know, as a way of coping.

I'm sure Dr. Snow can give her all the
information she needs right here. Dr.

Snow is a fine man, but Dr.

Jones is something of an expert in the
field, and Felicity seems so eager to

have all the latest information. I need
her right here.

Of course, I understand.

Is he all right?

Yes, he's fine.

He was just thirsty.

Look at this, Janet.

A cooked ham, biscuits, potato salad,
beef pies. You won't have to cook for

three days, thanks to Hetty and Olivia.

Well, in that case, you may as well go
with Miss Stacy.

Well, go on before she leaves.

Thank you, Mother.

Just don't be all day.

How can you stop the bacteria from
growing?

We don't know exactly.

But we do know that they're harder to
get rid of in damp climates.

Prince Edward Island in the winter is
not the best place to have tuberculosis.

Is that why they send people away?

To sanatoriums? Yes.

Most of them are in the mountains where
the air is fresher.

Well, do you recommend them?

The good ones.

There's a fine one in New York State
that favors open air and sun treatments.

Do they work?

Well, the results are encouraging.

The body has a natural tendency to cure
itself if it can simply get pure air.

Oh, my goodness, Daniel's lunch.

He's had it.

And he's napping, which is what you
should be doing.

Oh, I can't, Aunt Eliza. I have to read
to Cecily.

She's bored, poor thing, and she's so
weak. There comes a point, Janet, when

Christian martyrdom ends and common
sense prevails.

You cannot do it all.

Now, you get some sleep, and I will read
to Cecily. Oh, you can't be around her.

Why not?

Because you... I believe the word you're
looking for is O.

I assure you, Janet, I didn't reach this
age without a few hazardous encounters.

I've been through worse than this.

And I'm not worried about getting sick
now.

But if I do, I've lived a long, good
life, haven't I?

I know... my dear.

How good to see you.

Your mother is having a well -earned
sleep.

And why for you, why a change of face is
as good as a change of place, I always

say.

I've brought one of my favourite books.

Do you know that my mother used to read
this book to me whenever I was sick?

And when I was a little girl, I was very
poorly quite often.

Really? Oh, yes, I was a sickly little
thing. When I was born, they had to feed

me with an eyedropper.

I used to rub my head with tonic to get
my hair to grow.

You know that now, of course.

Oh, I haven't looked in this book for
years.

But it's full of lovely verses.

Where were we?

You were born on a Thursday, weren't
you?

Of course, isn't it, you think?

Monday's child is fair of faith.

Tuesday's child is full of grace.

Wednesday's child is full of woe.

Thursday's child has far to go.

I don't care what your fancy doctor
said. Cold air is bad for Cecily.

Fresh air is the best thing for
tuberculosis. Scientists have proven it.

Cecily can breathe more easily when the
window is open.

And besides, she shouldn't be lying here
in bed. She should be going outside and

getting some sun. Lucy, will you get out
of this room?

Mother, I'm just trying to tell you
what's... Out!

At least read the articles that I
brought home.

You should stop upsetting your sister.

She's not upset.

You are, and I don't know why. I'm just
trying to get you to face the facts. I

am facing facts.

I face them every time I nurse that
child and see her slipping away from me.

best place for Cecily is in a
sanatorium.

It's designed for her to get well.

She'll get fresh air, nonstop care.

Felicity, you make it sound so simple.

I just want what's best for Cecily.

Oh, and you think some woman doctor who
probably doesn't know what she's talking

about can tell you what's best for your
sister?

We are not.

Sending Cecily away.

Well, I warned you, Alec. I've been up
there half an hour and she still won't

eat. Well, maybe I can cook, sir.

Alec, I've tried everything.

Well, snapping at me isn't going to make
things better.

And neither is biting Felicity's head
off for trying to help.

Oh, so you agree with Felicity. You
think we should just give up and send

away. Don't twist my words, Janet.
That's not what I meant.

Do you think you're the only one
affected by all this?

You are not responsible for this
disease, and you are not the only one

suffering. But you're spending so much
time feeling guilty that you won't let

anyone give you a hand.

And Cecily won't eat because she's tired
of you hovering over her every moment

of the day, making her feel sorry for
herself.

What happens to little girls who don't
eat their dinner?

Their fathers come upstairs to badger
them.

Your Aunt Hedy made that split pea soup
especially for you.

Did you know your Aunt Hedy and Aunt
Olivia help him with the farm chores?

Yeah.

Come on.

That's it.

You should see how those chickens snap.

to attention when your Aunt Hedy comes
to feed them.

Here, have some bread and butter.

Yes. And you know how she... It's not
for you, Digger.

You know how your Aunt Hedy demands that
everyone finish their plate.

Well, those chickens are getting so fat
they can barely make it around the

farmyard. Wobble, wobble, wobble.

Here, have some more.

That's it. Oops.

There we go.

There we go.

She ate?

Mm -hmm. Oh, thank God.

Have I bought enough milk for tomorrow?

Janet, we've had the cows tested. They
don't have the disease.

Well, I'm not taking any chances.

I don't know what we're going to do with
all this milk that Felix brought in.

The dairies won't buy from us, that's
for sure.

Sit down.

Alec, if I sit down, I may never get up
again.

The only way I can keep going is keep
going.

Come on, sit.

Are we

doing the right thing?

What do you mean?

Cecily.

She's not getting any better.

We can afford a sanatorium.

I can barely stand to see my oldest
daughter leave the farm and go to

And now all I want in the whole world is
to see Cecily grow up and have the

chance to do just that.

I can't send her from home when she's
ill, Alec. I just can't do it.

No, you stay.

I'll settle it.

You're not alone in the world, are you?

Okay, you go to sleep now, and I'll stay
right here with you, all right?

Okay, you go to sleep.

Shhh.

Shhh.

Sleep, my child, and peace attend thee
all through the

night.

Guardian angels, God will send thee all
through the night.

Soft and drowsy hours are creeping, hill
and vale

in slumber sleeping.

I, my loving vigil keeping, all through
the

night.

While the moon her watch is keeping All
through the

night And the weary world is sleeping

All through the night O 'er thy

spirit gently stealing Visions of
delight

revealing

breathes a pure and holy feeling all

through the night

she's

resting now I've given her something to
try and curtail her cough.

Let her sleep all morning if need be.

And you should try and get some rest
too, Mrs. King.

Oh, no, doctors. No, I'm fine. I can go
for weeks without sleeping.

I'll leave you this medication.

Two teaspoons every four hours. And
don't exceed five doses in any day.

Thank you for coming over so quickly,
doctor.

Her condition is becoming acute, Mr.

and Mrs. King.

I'm afraid the prognosis isn't good. She
may get worse very quickly.

I'm concerned if we can't find some way
of stabilizing things, she might just

slip away.

Oh, my God.

What are we going to do?

Keep her quiet and in bed. Even if she
seems to be feeling better, things can

up and down very quickly with this
disease.

Now, I will try to come over as often as
I can.

Thank you, Dr. Snow, a great land edit.

I'll see myself out.

It was a button.

He swallowed it when I wasn't looking.
I'm sorry.

Mommy, mommy.

I'm sorry to have the button.

Charlie, you won again.

I don't think we should play anymore.

That's three games in a row.

We eat everything now? Absolutely
everything.

Thank you, Doctor.

In three months? That's right, but I'm
sure everything's fine now.

Thank you.

Come on, Charlie.

Goodbye,

Charlie. Thanks for the game, Charlie.

Is there something wrong with Charlie's
mother?

Not a thing. I was talking to her about
Charlie.

He had diphtheria six months ago.

Charlie?

It's amazing.

Fifteen years ago, my best friend in
school died of diphtheria.

Today, we can cure it.

I just wish we could say the same thing
about tuberculosis.

Maybe one day.

May I help you? Mother!

Dr. Jones, I've heard so much about you
from Felicity.

I decided it was finally time to meet
you.

What you have to realize is that each of
these institutions will offer Cecily

the most progressive methods of treating
tuberculosis.

There is hope. Chances for complete
recovery are improving.

But you have to accept that advanced
treatments are well beyond the expertise

local physicians.

Coupled with the fact that the longer
Cecily stays, the greater risk she is to

all of you.

She needs much, much more help than you
can offer.

Will they read to her?

Cecily needs to be read to.

It's the only thing that gives her
pleasure now.

I'm sure you can work out some
arrangement, Mrs. King, where you could

the sand for a while until you feel
assured that everything they're doing

Cecily is satisfactory.

How quickly can we make arrangements?

If the distance from home is not an
issue, I'm sure I could find a place for

within a week.

Your father and I have made a decision.

It's not been an easy one.

But we've talked with Cecily and she's
agreed with us.

Cecily will go to a sanatorium in New
England.

She's gone away?

Yes.

And I'm going to go with her.

At least for a little while.

We can't be sure this will make your
sister well.

But if it tips the scales in her favor
just one tiny bit it'll be worthwhile.

I don't like leaving you all behind, but
you must know that if any of you were

ill, I'd do the same for you.

I feel like Mr.

Tremaine probably will want you back at
the hotel now that Ashley's going, but

you're going to have to cut down on your
hours so you can help out on the farm.

And Felicity, I'm sorry, but you're
going to have to postpone going to

college.

It's not a sacrifice.

I know this will be difficult to
understand.

But I've just felt so guilty lately
about the fact that if poor Cecily

gotten ill, I might never have known.

Known what?

That I don't want to go away to
teacher's college.

Why?

Because I want to go to medical school.

And become a doctor.

There now, you're all packed.

I'll send your father up to carry you
down.

You do realize that when you get back,
Digger will be sitting right here

for you.

Call the general store as soon as I get
there.

And then I'll just, um... I'll just stay
put until you call me back.

I'll be waiting.

Father?

Will you come and get me when I'm ready
to come home?

Of course I will, pumpkin.

Next time it'll be just you and me.

Felix and I are going to need you on the
farm come spring.

You mean the world to me.

We'll be fine.

All aboard!

Janie McCauley left that behind.

Call it her good luck charm.

Dr. Sparrow, Mrs. King.

I'm the attending physician here.

Is there anything I can get you?

Oh, no, no.

Everything's fine, thank you.

Who is Janie McCauley?

She was the little girl who was in this
bed before Cecily.

She went home last week, Mrs. King.

Recovered.

Don't worry.

We'll do everything we can to make sure
your daughter goes home, too.

Thank you, Doctor.

Thank you.

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