`` I 've got that cake in the oven , '' she said , `` and I am pursuing a policy of watchful waiting . The evening news is that the Grand Duke has captured Erzerum . That is a pill for the Turks . I wish I had a chance to tell the Czar just what a mistake he made when he turned Nicholas down . '' Susan disappeared downstairs to the kitchen , whence a dreadful thud and a piercing shriek presently sounded . Everybody rushed to the kitchen -- the doctor and Miss Oliver , Mrs. Blythe , Rilla , Miranda in her wedding-veil . Susan was sitting flatly in the middle of the kitchen floor with a dazed , bewildered look on her face , while Doc , evidently in his Hyde incarnation , was standing on the dresser , with his back up , his eyes blazing , and his tail the size of three tails . `` Susan , what has happened ? '' cried Mrs. Blythe in alarm . `` Did you fall ? Are you hurt ? '' Susan picked herself up . `` No , '' she said grimly , `` I am not hurt , though I am jarred all over . Do not be alarmed . As for what has happened -- I tried to kick that darned cat with both feet , that is what happened . '' Everybody shrieked with laughter . The doctor was quite helpless . `` Oh , Susan , Susan , '' he gasped . `` That I should live to hear you swear . '' `` I am sorry , '' said Susan in real distress , `` that I used such an expression before two young girls .
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