<P> Anne 's childhood friend Ruby Gillis dies of consumption very soon after finding her own true love . Anne later welcomes the courtship of Roy Gardner , a darkly handsome Redmond student who showers her with attention and poetic gestures . However , when he proposes after two years , Anne abruptly realizes that Roy does not really belong in her life , and that she had only been in love with the idea of him as the embodiment of her childhood ideal . </P>
what happens to ruby in anne of green gables
Ruby Gillis dies of consumption very soon after finding her own true love