said Susan , for once laconic . `` Do you really believe we 'll win the war , Susan ? '' said Miss Oliver drearily . She had come over from Lowbridge to spend the day and see Walter and the girls before they went back to Redmond . She was in a rather blue and cynical mood and inclined to look on the dark side . '' ` Believe ' we 'll win the war ! '' exclaimed Susan . `` No , Miss Oliver , dear , I do not believe -- I know . That does not worry me . What does worry me is the trouble and expense of it all . But then you can not make omelets without breaking eggs , so we must just trust in God and make big guns . '' `` Sometimes I think the big guns are better to trust in than God , '' said Miss Oliver defiantly . `` No , no , dear , you do not . The Germans had the big guns at the Marne , had they not ? But Providence settled them . Do not ever forget that . Just hold on to that when you feel inclined to doubt . Clutch hold of the sides of your chair and sit tight and keep saying , ` Big guns are good but the Almighty is better , and He is on our side , no matter what the Kaiser says about it . ' I would have gone crazy many a day lately , Miss Oliver , dear , if I had not sat tight and repeated that to myself . My cousin Sophia is , like you , somewhat inclined to despond .
` Oh , dear me , what will we do XXXXX the Germans ever get here , ' she wailed to me yesterday .
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