`` Nor I , '' said Ruby Gillis , with a shiver . `` I do n't mind floating down when there 's two or three of us in the flat and we can sit up . It 's fun then . But to lie down and pretend I was dead -- I just could n't . I 'd die really of fright . '' `` Of course it would be romantic , '' conceded Jane Andrews , `` but I know I could n't keep still . I 'd be popping up every minute or so to see where I was and if I was n't drifting too far out . And you know , Anne , that would spoil the effect . '' `` But it 's so ridiculous to have a redheaded Elaine , '' mourned Anne . `` I 'm not afraid to float down and I 'd love to be Elaine . But it 's ridiculous just the same . Ruby ought to be Elaine because she is so fair and has such lovely long golden hair -- Elaine had ` all her bright hair streaming down , ' you know . And Elaine was the lily maid . Now , a red-haired person can not be a lily maid . '' `` Your complexion is just as fair as Ruby 's , '' said Diana earnestly , `` and your hair is ever so much darker than it used to be before you cut it . '' `` Oh , do you really think so ? '' exclaimed Anne , flushing sensitively with delight . `` I 've sometimes thought it was myself -- but I never dared to ask anyone for fear she would tell me it was n't . Do you think it could be called auburn now , Diana ? '' `` Yes , and I think it is real pretty , '' said Diana , looking admiringly at the short , silky curls that clustered over Anne 's head and were held in place by a very jaunty black velvet ribbon and bow .
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