I would have loved my baby so--and cared for it so tenderly--and tried to give her every chance for good.

And yet I wasn't allowed to keep her." "It was God's will, Anne," said Marilla, helpless before the riddle of the universe--the WHY of undeserved pain.

"And little Joy is better off." "I can't believe THAT," cried Anne bitterly.

Then, seeing that Marilla looked shocked, she added passionately, "Why should she be born at all--why should any one be born at all--if she's better off dead?
I DON'T believe it is better for a child to die at birth than to live its life out--and love and be loved--and enjoy and suffer--and do its work--and develop a character that would give it a personality in eternity.

And how do you know it was God's will?
Perhaps it was just a thwarting of His purpose by the Power of Evil.