But what does Titian hair mean ? '' `` Being interpreted it means plain red , I guess , '' laughed Anne . `` Titian was a very famous artist who liked to paint red-haired women . '' `` DID you see all the diamonds those ladies wore ? '' sighed Jane . `` They were simply dazzling . Would n't you just love to be rich , girls ? '' `` We ARE rich , '' said Anne staunchly . `` Why , we have sixteen years to our credit , and we 're happy as queens , and we 've all got imaginations , more or less . Look at that sea , girls -- all silver and shadow and vision of things not seen . We could n't enjoy its loveliness any more if we had millions of dollars and ropes of diamonds . You would n't change into any of those women if you could . Would you want to be that white-lace girl and wear a sour look all your life , as if you 'd been born turning up your nose at the world ? Or the pink lady , kind and nice as she is , so stout and short that you 'd really no figure at all ? Or even Mrs. Evans , with that sad , sad look in her eyes ? She must have been dreadfully unhappy sometime to have such a look . You KNOW you would n't , Jane Andrews ! '' `` I DO N'T know -- exactly , '' said Jane unconvinced . `` I think diamonds would comfort a person for a good deal . '' `` Well , I do n't want to be anyone but myself , even if I go uncomforted by diamonds all my life , '' declared Anne .
`` I 'm quite content to be Anne XXXXX Green Gables , with my string of pearl beads .
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