`` Oh , I do n't know . '' Anne looked dreamily afar to the opal-tinted horizon . `` Marilla 's eyes will never be much better than they are now , although we are so thankful to think that they will not get worse . And then there are the twins ... somehow I do n't believe their uncle will ever really send for them . Perhaps college may be around the bend in the road , but I have n't got to the bend yet and I do n't think much about it lest I might grow discontented . '' `` Well , I should like to see you go to college , Anne ; but if you never do , do n't be discontented about it . We make our own lives wherever we are , after all ... college can only help us to do it more easily . They are broad or narrow according to what we put into them , not what we get out . Life is rich and full here ... everywhere ... if we can only learn how to open our whole hearts to its richness and fulness . '' `` I think I understand what you mean , '' said Anne thoughtfully , `` and I know I have so much to feel thankful for ... oh , so much ... my work , and Paul Irving , and the dear twins , and all my friends . Do you know , Mrs. Allan , I 'm so thankful for friendship . It beautifies life so much . '' `` True friendship is a very helpful thing indeed , '' said Mrs. Allan , `` and we should have a very high ideal of it , and never sully it by any failure in truth and sincerity . I fear the name of friendship is often degraded to a kind of intimacy that has nothing of real friendship in it . '' `` Yes ... like Gertie Pye 's and Julia Bell 's . They are very intimate and go everywhere together ; but Gertie is always saying nasty things of Julia behind her back and everybody thinks she is jealous of her because she is always so pleased when anybody criticizes Julia . I think it is desecration to call that friendship . If we have friends we should look only for the best in them and give them the best that is in us , do n't you think ? Then friendship would be the most beautiful thing in the world . '' `` Friendship IS very beautiful , '' smiled Mrs. Allan , `` but some day ... '' Then she paused abruptly .
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