`` I 'm real proud to see you here again , Mistress Blythe , '' said Captain Jim . `` Sit down -- sit down . I 'm afeared it 's mighty dusty here today -- but there 's no need of looking at dust when you can look at such scenery , is there ? '' `` I do n't mind the dust , '' said Anne , `` but Gilbert says I must keep in the open air . I think I 'll go and sit on the rocks down there . '' `` Would you like company or would you rather be alone ? '' `` If by company you mean yours I 'd much rather have it than be alone , '' said Anne , smiling . Then she sighed . She had never before minded being alone . Now she dreaded it . When she was alone now she felt so dreadfully alone . `` Here 's a nice little spot where the wind ca n't get at you , '' said Captain Jim , when they reached the rocks . `` I often sit here . It 's a great place jest to sit and dream . '' `` Oh -- dreams , '' sighed Anne . `` I ca n't dream now , Captain Jim -- I 'm done with dreams . '' `` Oh , no , you 're not , Mistress Blythe -- oh , no , you 're not , '' said Captain Jim meditatively . `` I know how you feel jest now -- but if you keep on living you 'll get glad again , and the first thing you know you 'll be dreaming again -- thank the good Lord for it ! If it was n't for our dreams they might as well bury us . How 'd we stand living if it was n't for our dream of immortality ?
And that 's a dream that 's BOUND to come true , Mistress XXXXX .
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