`` You do n't mean to tell me , Gilbert , that it 's all over . Why was n't I called ? '' `` Anne would n't let us disturb you when there was no need . Nobody was called until about two hours ago . There was no ` passage perilous ' this time . '' `` And -- and -- Gilbert -- will this baby live ? '' `` He certainly will . He weighs ten pounds and -- why , listen to him . Nothing wrong with his lungs , is there ? The nurse says his hair will be red . Anne is furious with her , and I 'm tickled to death . '' That was a wonderful day in the little house of dreams . `` The best dream of all has come true , '' said Anne , pale and rapturous . `` Oh , Marilla , I hardly dare believe it , after that horrible day last summer . I have had a heartache ever since then -- but it is gone now . '' `` This baby will take Joy 's place , '' said Marilla . `` Oh , no , no , NO , Marilla . He ca n't -- nothing can ever do that . He has his own place , my dear , wee man-child . But little Joy has hers , and always will have it .
If she had lived she would have been XXXXX a year old .
Marilla after in man-child of over since that to with