But he answered quietly . `` Whatever I felt , it could not alter my belief -- my assurance that a country whose sons are ready to lay down their lives in her defence will win a new vision because of their sacrifice . '' `` You do mean it , Parson . I can always tell when people mean what they say . It 's a gift that was born in me . Makes me a terror to most parsons , that ! But I 've never caught you yet saying anything you did n't mean . I 'm always hoping I will -- that 's what reconciles me to going to church . It 'd be such a comfort to me -- such a weapon to batter Ellen here with when she tries to civilize me . Well , I 'm off over the road to see Ab . Crawford a minute . The gods be good to you all . '' `` The old pagan ! '' muttered Susan , as Norman strode away . She did not care if Ellen Douglas did hear her . Susan could never understand why fire did not descend from heaven upon Norman Douglas when he insulted ministers the way he did . But the astonishing thing was Mr. Meredith seemed really to like his brother-in-law . Rilla wished they would talk of something besides war . She had heard nothing else for a week and she was really a little tired of it . Now that she was relieved from her haunting fear that Walter would want to go it made her quite impatient .
But she supposed -- with a sigh -- that there would be three or four months XXXXX it yet .
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