That 's not so bad . As for the shells that are falling on Paris , they are coming from a distance of seventy miles -- from some amazing long-range gun the Germans have invented and sprung with the opening offensive . That is all the news to date , and Dr. Holland says it is reliable . '' `` It would have been dreadful news yesterday , '' said Gertrude , `` but compared to what we heard this morning it is almost like good news . But still , '' she added , trying to smile , `` I am afraid I will not sleep much tonight . '' `` There is one thing to be thankful for at any rate , Miss Oliver , dear , '' said Susan , `` and that is that Cousin Sophia did not come in today . I really could not have endured her on top of all the rest . '' CHAPTER XXIX `` WOUNDED AND MISSING '' `` Battered but Not Broken '' was the headline in Monday 's paper , and Susan repeated it over and over to herself as she went about her work . The gap caused by the St. Quentin disaster had been patched up in time , but the Allied line was being pushed relentlessly back from the territory they had purchased in 1917 with half a million lives . On Wednesday the headline was `` British and French Check Germans '' ; but still the retreat went on . Back -- and back -- and back ! Where would it end ? Would the line break again -- this time disastrously ? On Saturday the headline was `` Even Berlin Admits Offensive Checked , '' and for the first time in that terrible week the Ingleside folk dared to draw a long breath . `` Well , we have got one week over -- now for the next , '' said Susan staunchly . `` I feel like a prisoner on the rack when they stopped turning it , '' Miss Oliver said to Rilla , as they went to church on Easter morning . `` But I am not off the rack . The torture may begin again at any time . '' `` I doubted God last Sunday , '' said Rilla , `` but I do n't doubt him today . Evil can not win .
Spirit is XXXXX our side and it is bound to outlast flesh . ''
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