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 , in bed , crying into her pillow . `` Tired ? '' said Kenneth , gently but absently -- oh , so absently . He really did n't care a bit whether she were tired or not , she thought . `` Kenneth , '' she ventured timidly , `` you do n't think this war will matter much to us in Canada , do you ? '' `` Matter ? Of course it will matter to the lucky fellows who will be able to take a hand . I wo n't -- thanks to this confounded ankle . Rotten luck , I call it . '' `` I do n't see why we should fight England 's battles , '' cried Rilla . `` She 's quite able to fight them herself . '' `` That is n't the point . We are part of the British Empire . It 's a family affair . We 've got to stand by each other . The worst of it is , it will be over before I can be of any use . ''
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