It 's a sad loss . That 's why I want you to have a splendid , happy girlhood . And I hope your first party will be one you 'll remember all your life with pleasure . '' `` I dreamed last night I was at the dance and right in the middle of things I discovered I was dressed in my kimono and bedroom shoes , '' sighed Rilla . `` I woke up with a gasp of horror . '' `` Speaking of dreams -- I had an odd one , '' said Miss Oliver absently . `` It was one of those vivid dreams I sometimes have -- they are not the vague jumble of ordinary dreams -- they are as clear cut and real as life . '' `` What was your dream ? '' `` I was standing on the veranda steps , here at Ingleside , looking down over the fields of the Glen . All at once , far in the distance , I saw a long , silvery , glistening wave breaking over them . It came nearer and nearer -- just a succession of little white waves like those that break on the sandshore sometimes . The Glen was being swallowed up . I thought , ` Surely the waves will not come near Ingleside ' -- but they came nearer and nearer -- so rapidly -- before I could move or call they were breaking right at my feet -- and everything was gone -- there was nothing but a waste of stormy water where the Glen had been . I tried to draw back -- and I saw that the edge of my dress was wet with blood -- and I woke -- shivering . I do n't like the dream . There was some sinister significance in it . That kind of vivid dream always ` comes true ' with me . '' `` I hope it does n't mean there 's a storm coming up from the east to spoil the party , '' murmured Rilla . `` Incorrigible fifteen ! '' said Miss Oliver dryly .
`` No , Rilla-my-Rilla , I do n't think there is any danger that it foretells anything so awful XXXXX that . ''
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