"I know it--I've known it all summer, though I wouldn't give in.

And, oh, Anne"-- she reached out and caught Anne's hand pleadingly, impulsively--"I don't want to die.

I'm AFRAID to die." "Why should you be afraid, Ruby ?" asked Anne quietly.
"Because--because--oh, I'm not afraid but that I'll go to heaven, Anne.

I'm a church member.

But--it'll be all so different.