You have n't lost either husband or son . ' '' ` No , ' said Gertrude , more bitterly still . ` It 's true I have n't lost a husband -- I have only lost the man who would have been my husband . I have lost no son -- only the sons and daughters who might have been born to me -- who will never be born to me now . ' '' ` It is n't ladylike to talk like that , ' said Cousin Sophia in a shocked tone ; and then Gertrude laughed right out , so wildly that Cousin Sophia was really frightened . And when poor tortured Gertrude , unable to endure it any longer , hurried out of the room , Cousin Sophia asked mother if the blow had n't affected Miss Oliver 's mind . '' ' I suffered the loss of two good kind partners , ' she said , ` but it did not affect me like that . ' `` I should think it would n't ! Those poor men must have been thankful to die . `` I heard Gertrude walking up and down her room most of the night . She walked like that every night . But never so long as that night . And once I heard her give a dreadful sudden little cry as if she had been stabbed . I could n't sleep for suffering with her ; and I could n't help her . I thought the night would never end . But it did ; and then ` joy came in the morning ' as the Bible says . Only it did n't come exactly in the morning but well along in the afternoon . The telephone rang and I answered it . It was old Mrs. Grant speaking from Charlottetown , and her news was that it was all a mistake -- Robert was n't killed at all ; he had only been slightly wounded in the arm and was safe in the hospital out of harm 's way for a time anyhow . They had n't learned yet how the mistake had happened but supposed there must have been another Robert Grant .
`` I hung up the telephone and flew XXXXX Rainbow Valley .
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