`` I 'm as tall as Milty Boulter now . Ai n't I glad . He 'll have to stop crowing about being bigger . Say , Anne , did you know that Gilbert Blythe is dying ? '' Anne stood quite silent and motionless , looking at Davy . Her face had gone so white that Marilla thought she was going to faint . `` Davy , hold your tongue , '' said Mrs. Rachel angrily . `` Anne , do n't look like that -- DO N'T LOOK LIKE THAT ! We did n't mean to tell you so suddenly . '' `` Is -- it -- true ? '' asked Anne in a voice that was not hers . `` Gilbert is very ill , '' said Mrs. Lynde gravely . `` He took down with typhoid fever just after you left for Echo Lodge . Did you never hear of it ? '' `` No , '' said that unknown voice . `` It was a very bad case from the start . The doctor said he 'd been terribly run down . They 've a trained nurse and everything 's been done . DO N'T look like that , Anne . While there 's life there 's hope . ''
`` Mr. Harrison was here this evening and he said they had no hope XXXXX him , '' reiterated Davy .
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