`` Your mother has n't relented ? '' she gasped . Diana shook her head mournfully . `` No ; and oh , Anne , she says I 'm never to play with you again . I 've cried and cried and I told her it was n't your fault , but it was n't any use . I had ever such a time coaxing her to let me come down and say good-bye to you . She said I was only to stay ten minutes and she 's timing me by the clock . '' `` Ten minutes is n't very long to say an eternal farewell in , '' said Anne tearfully . `` Oh , Diana , will you promise faithfully never to forget me , the friend of your youth , no matter what dearer friends may caress thee ? '' `` Indeed I will , '' sobbed Diana , `` and I 'll never have another bosom friend -- I do n't want to have . I could n't love anybody as I love you . '' `` Oh , Diana , '' cried Anne , clasping her hands , `` do you LOVE me ? '' `` Why , of course I do . Did n't you know that ? '' `` No . '' Anne drew a long breath . `` I thought you LIKED me of course but I never hoped you LOVED me . Why , Diana , I did n't think anybody could love me . Nobody ever has loved me since I can remember . Oh , this is wonderful !
It 's a ray XXXXX light which will forever shine on the darkness of a path severed from thee , Diana .
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