`` Never -- when you are alone ? '' `` No . I do n't think I 've ever been really lonely in my life , '' answered Anne . `` Even when I 'm alone I have real good company -- dreams and imaginations and pretendings . I LIKE to be alone now and then , just to think over things and TASTE them . But I love friendship -- and nice , jolly little times with people . Oh , WO N'T you come to see me -- often ? Please do . I believe , '' Anne added , laughing , `` that you 'd like me if you knew me . '' `` I wonder if YOU would like ME , '' said Leslie seriously . She was not fishing for a compliment . She looked out across the waves that were beginning to be garlanded with blossoms of moonlit foam , and her eyes filled with shadows . `` I 'm sure I would , '' said Anne . `` And please do n't think I 'm utterly irresponsible because you saw me dancing on the shore at sunset . No doubt I shall be dignified after a time . You see , I have n't been married very long . I feel like a girl , and sometimes like a child , yet . '' `` I have been married twelve years , '' said Leslie . Here was another unbelievable thing . `` Why , you ca n't be as old as I am ! ''
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