Anne asked of Mrs. Lynde , as they went home from church . `` Ruby Gillis is dying of galloping consumption , '' said Mrs. Lynde bluntly . `` Everybody knows it except herself and her FAMILY . They wo n't give in . If you ask THEM , she 's perfectly well . She has n't been able to teach since she had that attack of congestion in the winter , but she says she 's going to teach again in the fall , and she 's after the White Sands school . She 'll be in her grave , poor girl , when White Sands school opens , that 's what . '' Anne listened in shocked silence . Ruby Gillis , her old school-chum , dying ? Could it be possible ? Of late years they had grown apart ; but the old tie of school-girl intimacy was there , and made itself felt sharply in the tug the news gave at Anne 's heartstrings . Ruby , the brilliant , the merry , the coquettish ! It was impossible to associate the thought of her with anything like death . She had greeted Anne with gay cordiality after church , and urged her to come up the next evening . `` I 'll be away Tuesday and Wednesday evenings , '' she had whispered triumphantly . `` There 's a concert at Carmody and a party at White Sands . Herb Spencer 's going to take me . He 's my LATEST . Be sure to come up tomorrow . I 'm dying for a good talk with you .
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