Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry

While thinking about the gossip she receives from Lillian Jean, Cassie says, “I almost hated to see the source dry up.” How do the word almost change the relationship of the word almost to the other words in the sentence?

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Almost means that Cassie, in the end, did not miss Lillian Jean. The gossip was interesting but Lillian Jean was a negative influence that Cassie ddid not need in her life.