She did not care if the Germans were near Paris -- she did not care if they were in Paris -- if only the baby would n't cry or choke or smother or have convulsions . Babies did have convulsions , did n't they ? Oh , why had she forgotten to ask Susan what she must do if the baby had convulsions ? She reflected rather bitterly that father was very considerate of mother 's and Susan 's health , but what about hers ? Did he think she could continue to exist if she never got any sleep ? But she was not going to back down now -- not she . She would look after this detestable little animal if it killed her . She would get a book on baby hygiene and be beholden to nobody . She would never go to father for advice -- she would n't bother mother -- and she would only condescend to Susan in dire extremity . They would all see ! Thus it came about that Mrs. Blythe , when she returned home two nights later and asked Susan where Rilla was , was electrified by Susan 's composed reply . `` She 's upstairs , Mrs. Dr. dear , putting her baby to bed . '' CHAPTER VIII RILLA DECIDES Families and individuals alike soon become used to new conditions and accept them unquestioningly . By the time a week had elapsed it seemed as it the Anderson baby had always been at Ingleside . After the first three distracted nights Rilla began to sleep again , waking automatically to attend to her charge on schedule time . She bathed and fed and dressed it as skilfully as if she had been doing it all her life . She liked neither her job nor the baby any the better ; she still handled it as gingerly as if it were some kind of a small lizard , and a breakable lizard at that ; but she did her work thoroughly and there was not a cleaner , better-cared-for infant in Glen St. Mary . She even took to weighing the creature every day and jotting the result down in her diary ; but sometimes she asked herself pathetically why unkind destiny had ever led her down the Anderson lane on that fatal day . Shirley , Nan , and Di did not tease her as much as she had expected . They all seemed rather stunned by the mere fact of Rilla adopting a war-baby ; perhaps , too , the doctor had issued instructions .
Walter , XXXXX course , never had teased her over anything ; one day he told her she was a brick .
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