`` It -- it wo n't be very long now , Anne . I feel sure of that . And I 'd rather have you than any one else . I always liked you best of all the girls I went to school with . You were never jealous , or mean , like some of them were . Poor Em White was up to see me yesterday . You remember Em and I were such chums for three years when we went to school ? And then we quarrelled the time of the school concert . We 've never spoken to each other since . Was n't it silly ? Anything like that seems silly NOW . But Em and I made up the old quarrel yesterday . She said she 'd have spoken years ago , only she thought I would n't . And I never spoke to her because I was sure she would n't speak to me . Is n't it strange how people misunderstand each other , Anne ? '' `` Most of the trouble in life comes from misunderstanding , I think , '' said Anne . `` I must go now , Ruby . It 's getting late -- and you should n't be out in the damp . '' `` You 'll come up soon again . '' `` Yes , very soon .
And if there 's anything I can do XXXXX help you I 'll be so glad . ''
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