It is always a very puzzling question ... what can somebody see in somebody else ? But how fortunate after all that it is so , for if everybody saw alike ... well , in that case , as the old Indian said , `` Everybody would want my squaw . '' It was plain that Diana DID see something in Fred Wright , however Anne 's eyes might be holden . Diana came to Green Gables the next evening , a pensive , shy young lady , and told Anne the whole story in the dusky seclusion of the east gable . Both girls cried and kissed and laughed . `` I 'm so happy , '' said Diana , `` but it does seem ridiculous to think of me being engaged . '' `` What is it really like to be engaged ? '' asked Anne curiously . `` Well , that all depends on who you 're engaged to , '' answered Diana , with that maddening air of superior wisdom always assumed by those who are engaged over those who are not . `` It 's perfectly lovely to be engaged to Fred ... but I think it would be simply horrid to be engaged to anyone else . '' `` There 's not much comfort for the rest of us in that , seeing that there is only one Fred , '' laughed Anne . `` Oh , Anne , you do n't understand , '' said Diana in vexation . `` I did n't mean THAT ... it 's so hard to explain . Never mind , you 'll understand sometime , when your own turn comes . '' `` Bless you , dearest of Dianas , I understand now . What is an imagination for if not to enable you to peep at life through other people 's eyes ? '' `` You must be my bridesmaid , you know , Anne . Promise me that ... wherever you may be when I 'm married . '' `` I 'll come from the ends of the earth if necessary , '' promised Anne solemnly . `` Of course , it wo n't be for ever so long yet , '' said Diana , blushing .
`` Three years at the very least ... XXXXX I 'm only eighteen and mother says no daughter of hers shall be married before she 's twenty-one .
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