`` Let us go and see if we can find some more , '' suggested Anne eagerly . `` I 'll call Phil and -- '' `` Never mind Phil and the violets just now , Anne , '' said Gilbert quietly , taking her hand in a clasp from which she could not free it . `` There is something I want to say to you . '' `` Oh , do n't say it , '' cried Anne , pleadingly . `` Do n't -- PLEASE , Gilbert . '' `` I must . Things ca n't go on like this any longer . Anne , I love you . You know I do . I -- I ca n't tell you how much . Will you promise me that some day you 'll be my wife ? '' `` I -- I ca n't , '' said Anne miserably . `` Oh , Gilbert -- you -- you 've spoiled everything . '' `` Do n't you care for me at all ? '' Gilbert asked after a very dreadful pause , during which Anne had not dared to look up . `` Not -- not in that way . I do care a great deal for you as a friend . But I do n't love you , Gilbert . '' `` But ca n't you give me some hope that you will -- yet ? '' `` No , I ca n't , '' exclaimed Anne desperately .
`` I never , never can XXXXX you -- in that way -- Gilbert .
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