`` I ca n't help it , '' said Ruby pitifully . `` Even if what you say about heaven is true -- and you ca n't be sure -- it may be only that imagination of yours -- it wo n't be JUST the same . It CA N'T be . I want to go on living HERE . I 'm so young , Anne . I have n't had my life . I 've fought so hard to live -- and it is n't any use -- I have to die -- and leave EVERYTHING I care for . '' Anne sat in a pain that was almost intolerable . She could not tell comforting falsehoods ; and all that Ruby said was so horribly true . She WAS leaving everything she cared for . She had laid up her treasures on earth only ; she had lived solely for the little things of life -- the things that pass -- forgetting the great things that go onward into eternity , bridging the gulf between the two lives and making of death a mere passing from one dwelling to the other -- from twilight to unclouded day . God would take care of her there -- Anne believed -- she would learn -- but now it was no wonder her soul clung , in blind helplessness , to the only things she knew and loved . Ruby raised herself on her arm and lifted up her bright , beautiful blue eyes to the moonlit skies . `` I want to live , '' she said , in a trembling voice . `` I want to live like other girls . I -- I want to be married , Anne -- and -- and -- have little children . You know I always loved babies , Anne . I could n't say this to any one but you . I know you understand . And then poor Herb -- he -- he loves me and I love him , Anne .
The others meant nothing XXXXX me , but HE does -- and if I could live I would be his wife and be so happy .
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