`` The possibilities of making new friends help to make life very fascinating . But no matter how many friends I make they 'll never be as dear to me as the old ones ... especially a certain girl with black eyes and dimples . Can you guess who she is , Diana ? '' `` But there 'll be so many clever girls at Redmond , '' sighed Diana , `` and I 'm only a stupid little country girl who says ' I seen ' sometimes ... though I really know better when I stop to think . Well , of course these past two years have really been too pleasant to last . I know SOMEBODY who is glad you are going to Redmond anyhow . Anne , I 'm going to ask you a question ... a serious question . Do n't be vexed and do answer seriously . Do you care anything for Gilbert ? '' `` Ever so much as a friend and not a bit in the way you mean , '' said Anne calmly and decidedly ; she also thought she was speaking sincerely . Diana sighed . She wished , somehow , that Anne had answered differently . `` Do n't you mean EVER to be married , Anne ? '' `` Perhaps ... some day ... when I meet the right one , '' said Anne , smiling dreamily up at the moonlight . `` But how can you be sure when you do meet the right one ? '' persisted Diana . `` Oh , I should know him ... SOMETHING would tell me . You know what my ideal is , Diana . '' `` But people 's ideals change sometimes . '' `` Mine wo n't .
And I COULD N'T care XXXXX any man who did n't fulfill it . ''
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