And do you know what will happen if she conquers ? Canada will be a German colony . '' `` Well , I guess a few things will happen before that , '' said Harvey shrugging his shoulders . `` The British navy would have to be licked for one ; and for another , Miller here , now , and I , we 'd raise a dust , would n't we , Miller ? No Germans need apply for this old country , eh ? '' Harvey ran down the steps laughing . `` I declare , I think all you boys talk the craziest stuff , '' said Mary Vance in disgust . She got up and dragged Miller off to the rock-shore . It did n't happen often that they had a chance for a talk together ; Mary was determined that this one should n't be spoiled by Walter Blythe 's silly blather about Pipers and Germans and such like absurd things . They left Walter standing alone on the rock steps , looking out over the beauty of Four Winds with brooding eyes that saw it not . The best of the evening was over for Rilla , too . Ever since Jack Elliott 's announcement , she had sensed that Kenneth was no longer thinking about her . She felt suddenly lonely and unhappy . It was worse than if he had never noticed her at all . Was life like this -- something delightful happening and then , just as you were revelling in it , slipping away from you ? Rilla told herself pathetically that she felt years older than when she had left home that evening . Perhaps she did -- perhaps she was . Who knows ? It does not do to laugh at the pangs of youth . They are very terrible because youth has not yet learned that `` this , too , will pass away . ''
Rilla sighed and wished she were home , XXXXX bed , crying into her pillow .
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