`` Jem says that he thinks they will be leaving very soon now , and that he will not be able to get leave to come so far before they go , as they will have to start at a few hours ' notice , '' said the doctor , passing the letter to his wife . `` That is not fair , '' said Susan indignantly . `` Has Sir Sam Hughes no regard for our feelings ? The idea of whisking that blessed boy away to Europe without letting us even have a last glimpse of him ! If I were you , doctor dear , I would write to the papers about it . '' `` Perhaps it is as well , '' said the disappointed mother . `` I do n't believe I could bear another parting from him -- now that I know the war will not be over as soon as we hoped when he left first . Oh , if only -- but no , I wo n't say it ! Like Susan and Rilla , '' concluded Mrs. Blythe , achieving a laugh , `` I am determined to be a heroine . '' `` You 're all good stuff , '' said the doctor , `` I 'm proud of my women folk . Even Rilla here , my ` lily of the field , ' is running a Red Cross Society full blast and saving a little life for Canada . That 's a good piece of work . Rilla , daughter of Anne , what are you going to call your war-baby ? '' `` I 'm waiting to hear from Jim Anderson , '' said Rilla . `` He may want to name his own child . '' But as the autumn weeks went by no word came from Jim Anderson , who had never been heard from since he sailed from Halifax , and to whom the fate of wife and child seemed a matter of indifference . Eventually Rilla decided to call the baby James , and Susan opined that Kitchener should be added thereto . So James Kitchener Anderson became the possessor of a name somewhat more imposing than himself . The Ingleside family promptly shortened it to Jims , but Susan obstinately called him `` Little Kitchener '' and nothing else . `` Jims is no name for a Christian child , Mrs. Dr. dear , '' she said disapprovingly .
`` Cousin Sophia says it is too flippant , and XXXXX once I consider she utters sense , though I would not please her by openly agreeing with her .
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