Jem turned to the phone again . `` I must ring the manse . Jerry will want to go , too . '' At this Nan had cried out `` Oh ! '' as if a knife had been thrust into her , and rushed from the room . Di followed her . Rilla turned to Walter for comfort but Walter was lost to her in some reverie she could not share . `` All right , '' Jem was saying , as coolly as if he were arranging the details of a picnic . `` I thought you would -- yes , tonight -- the seven o'clock -- meet me at the station . So long . '' `` Mrs. Dr. dear , '' said Susan . `` I wish you would wake me up . Am I dreaming -- or am I awake ? Does that blessed boy realize what he is saying ? Does he mean that he is going to enlist as a soldier ? You do not mean to tell me that they want children like him ! It is an outrage . Surely you and the doctor will not permit it . '' `` We ca n't stop him , '' said Mrs. Blythe , chokingly . `` Oh , Gilbert ! ''
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