There is a Call greater and more insistent than the call of our love -- he has listened to it . We must not add to the bitterness of his sacrifice . '' `` Our sacrifice is greater than his , '' cried Rilla passionately . `` Our boys give only themselves . We give them . '' Before Mrs. Blythe could reply Susan stuck her head in at the door , never troubling over such frills of etiquette as knocking . Her eyes were suspiciously red but all she said was , `` Will I bring up your breakfast , Mrs. Dr. dear . '' `` No , no , Susan . We will all be down presently . Do you know -- that Walter has joined up . '' `` Yes , Mrs. Dr. dear . The doctor told me last night . I suppose the Almighty has His own reasons for allowing such things . We must submit and endeavour to look on the bright side . It may cure him of being a poet , at least '' -- Susan still persisted in thinking that poets and tramps were tarred with the same brush -- `` and that would be something . But thank God , '' she muttered in a lower tone , `` that Shirley is not old enough to go . '' `` Is n't that the same thing as thanking Him that some other woman 's son has to go in Shirley 's place ? '' asked the doctor , pausing on the threshold . `` No , it is not , doctor dear , '' said Susan defiantly , as she picked up Jims , who was opening his big dark eyes and stretching up his dimpled paws . `` Do not you put words in my mouth that I would never dream of uttering .
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