I 'll have to see a doctor about them . As for your chatter , I do n't know that I mind it -- I 've got so used to it . '' Which was Marilla 's way of saying that she liked to hear it . CHAPTER XXVIII . An Unfortunate Lily Maid `` OF course you must be Elaine , Anne , '' said Diana . `` I could never have the courage to float down there . '' `` 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 XXXXX be before you cut it . ''
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