`` Well , I always like to look on the bright side , Eliza . '' `` There is n't any bright side . '' `` Oh , indeed there is , '' cried Anne , who could n't endure such heresy in silence . `` Why , there are ever so many bright sides , Miss Andrews . It 's really a beautiful world . '' `` You wo n't have such a high opinion of it when you 've lived as long in it as I have , '' retorted Miss Eliza sourly , `` and you wo n't be so enthusiastic about improving it either . How is your mother , Diana ? Dear me , but she has failed of late . She looks terrible run down . And how long is it before Marilla expects to be stone blind , Anne ? '' `` The doctor thinks her eyes will not get any worse if she is very careful , '' faltered Anne . Eliza shook her head . `` Doctors always talk like that just to keep people cheered up . I would n't have much hope if I was her . It 's best to be prepared for the worst . '' `` But ought n't we be prepared for the best too ? '' pleaded Anne . `` It 's just as likely to happen as the worst . '' `` Not in my experience , and I 've fifty-seven years to set against your sixteen , '' retorted Eliza . `` Going , are you ?
Well , I hope this new society XXXXX yours will be able to keep Avonlea from running any further down hill but I have n't much hope of it . ''
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