`` A honeymoon , Susan ? '' `` Yes , Mrs. Dr. dear , a honeymoon , '' repeated Susan firmly . `` I shall never be able to get a husband but I am not going to be cheated out of everything and a honeymoon I intend to have . I am going to Charlottetown to visit my married brother and his family . His wife has been ailing all the fall , but nobody knows whether she is going to die not . She never did tell anyone what she was going to do until she did it . That is the main reason why she was never liked in our family . But to be on the safe side I feel that I should visit her . I have not been in town for over a day for twenty years and I have a feeling that I might as well see one of those moving pictures there is so much talk of , so as not to be wholly out of the swim . But have no fear that I shall be carried away with them , Mrs. Dr. dear . I shall be away a fortnight if you can spare me so long . '' `` You certainly deserve a good holiday , Susan . Better take a month -- that is the proper length for a honeymoon . '' `` No , Mrs. Dr. dear , a fortnight is all I require . Besides , I must be home for at least three weeks before Christmas to make the proper preparations . We will have a Christmas that is a Christmas this year , Mrs. Dr. dear . Do you think there is any chance of our boys being home for it ? '' `` No , I think not , Susan . Both Jem and Shirley write that they do n't expect to be home before spring -- it may be even midsummer before Shirley comes . But Carl Meredith will be home , and Nan and Di , and we will have a grand celebration once more .
We 'll set chairs XXXXX all , Susan , as you did our first war Christmas -- yes , for all -- for my dear lad whose chair must always be vacant , as well as for the others , Susan . ''
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