Walter slipped away , not caring to see or be seen , but Rilla sat down on the steps , where the garden mint was dewy and pungent . It was a very calm evening with a dim , golden afterlight irradiating the glen . She felt happier than at any time in the dreadful week that had passed . She was no longer haunted by the fear that Walter would go . `` I 'd go myself if I was twenty years younger , '' Norman Douglas was shouting . Norman always shouted when he was excited . `` I 'd show the Kaiser a thing or two ! Did I ever say there was n't a hell ? Of course there 's a hell -- dozens of hells -- hundreds of hells -- where the Kaiser and all his brood are bound for . '' `` I knew this war was coming , '' said Mrs. Norman triumphantly . `` I saw it coming right along . I could have told all those stupid Englishmen what was ahead of them . I told you , John Meredith , years ago what the Kaiser was up to but you would n't believe it . You said he would never plunge the world in war . Who was right about the Kaiser , John ? You -- or I ? Tell me that . '' `` You were , I admit , '' said Mr. Meredith . `` It 's too late to admit it now , '' said Mrs. Norman , shaking her head , as if to intimate that if John Meredith had admitted it sooner there might have been no war . `` Thank God , England 's navy is ready , '' said the doctor .
`` Amen XXXXX that , '' nodded Mrs. Norman .
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