I know SOMEBODY who is glad you are going to Redmond anyhow . Anne , I 'm going to ask you a question ... a serious question . Do n't be vexed and do answer seriously . Do you care anything for Gilbert ? '' `` Ever so much as a friend and not a bit in the way you mean , '' said Anne calmly and decidedly ; she also thought she was speaking sincerely . Diana sighed . She wished , somehow , that Anne had answered differently . `` Do n't you mean EVER to be married , Anne ? '' `` Perhaps ... some day ... when I meet the right one , '' said Anne , smiling dreamily up at the moonlight . `` But how can you be sure when you do meet the right one ? '' persisted Diana . `` Oh , I should know him ... SOMETHING would tell me . You know what my ideal is , Diana . '' `` But people 's ideals change sometimes . '' `` Mine wo n't . And I COULD N'T care for any man who did n't fulfill it . '' `` What if you never meet him ? '' `` Then I shall die an old maid , '' was the cheerful response . `` I daresay it is n't the hardest death by any means . '' `` Oh , I suppose the dying would be easy enough ; it 's the living an old maid I should n't like , '' said Diana , with no intention of being humorous .
`` Although I would n't mind being an old maid VERY much XXXXX I could be one like Miss Lavendar .
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