Did you ever know of anybody whose hair was red when she was young , but got to be another color when she grew up ? '' `` No , I do n't know as I ever did , '' said Marilla mercilessly , `` and I should n't think it likely to happen in your case either . '' Anne sighed . `` Well , that is another hope gone . ` My life is a perfect graveyard of buried hopes . ' That 's a sentence I read in a book once , and I say it over to comfort myself whenever I 'm disappointed in anything . '' `` I do n't see where the comforting comes in myself , '' said Marilla . `` Why , because it sounds so nice and romantic , just as if I were a heroine in a book , you know . I am so fond of romantic things , and a graveyard full of buried hopes is about as romantic a thing as one can imagine is n't it ? I 'm rather glad I have one . Are we going across the Lake of Shining Waters today ? '' `` We 're not going over Barry 's pond , if that 's what you mean by your Lake of Shining Waters . We 're going by the shore road . '' `` Shore road sounds nice , '' said Anne dreamily . `` Is it as nice as it sounds ? Just when you said ` shore road ' I saw it in a picture in my mind , as quick as that ! And White Sands is a pretty name , too ; but I do n't like it as well as Avonlea . Avonlea is a lovely name . It just sounds like music . How far is it to White Sands ? ''
`` It 's five miles ; and XXXXX you 're evidently bent on talking you might as well talk to some purpose by telling me what you know about yourself . ''
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