She has enough to bear . She is poor -- how could she afford such an operation ? '' `` That is for her to decide , '' persisted Gilbert stubbornly . `` You say you think that Dick can be cured . But are you SURE of it ? '' `` Certainly not . Nobody could be sure of such a thing . There may have been lesions of the brain itself , the effect of which can never be removed . But if , as I believe , his loss of memory and other faculties is due merely to the pressure on the brain centers of certain depressed areas of bone , then he can be cured . '' `` But it 's only a possibility ! '' insisted Anne . `` Now , suppose you tell Leslie and she decides to have the operation . It will cost a great deal . She will have to borrow the money , or sell her little property . And suppose the operation is a failure and Dick remains the same . `` How will she be able to pay back the money she borrows , or make a living for herself and that big helpless creature if she sells the farm ? '' `` Oh , I know -- I know . But it is my duty to tell her . I ca n't get away from that conviction . '' `` Oh , I know the Blythe stubbornness , '' groaned Anne .
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