And I hope she does n't know that I nearly drowned you that first morning when Susan was n't there and I let you slip right out of my hands into the water . Why will you be so slippery ? No , I do n't like you and I never will but for all that I 'm going to make a decent , upstanding infant of you . You are going to get as fat as a self-respecting child should be , for one thing . I am not going to have people saying ` what a puny little thing that baby of Rilla Blythe 's is ' as old Mrs. Drew said at the senior Red Cross yesterday . If I ca n't love you I mean to be proud of you at least . '' CHAPTER IX DOC HAS A MISADVENTURE `` The war will not be over before next spring now , '' said Dr. Blythe , when it became apparent that the long battle of the Aisne had resulted in a stalemate . Rilla was murmuring `` knit four , purl one '' under her breath , and rocking the baby 's cradle with one foot . Morgan disapproved of cradles for babies but Susan did not , and it was worth while to make some slight sacrifice of principle to keep Susan in good humour . She laid down her knitting for a moment and said , `` Oh , how can we bear it so long ? '' -- then picked up her sock and went on . The Rilla of two months before would have rushed off to Rainbow Valley and cried . Miss Oliver sighed and Mrs. Blythe clasped her hands for a moment . Then Susan said briskly , `` Well , we must just gird up our loins and pitch in . Business as usual is England 's motto , they tell me , Mrs. Dr. dear , and I have taken it for mine , not thinking I could easily find a better . I shall make the same kind of pudding today I always make on Saturday . It is a good deal of trouble to make , and that is well , for it will employ my thoughts . I will remember that Kitchener is at the helm and Joffer is doing very well for a Frenchman . I shall get that box of cake off to little Jem and finish that pair of socks today likewise . A sock a day is my allowance .
Old Mrs. Albert Mead of Harbour Head manages a pair and a half a day but she has nothing XXXXX do but knit .
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