We all felt the shock of it but Susan plumbed the depths of despair . The news came at night by ` phone but Susan would n't believe it until she saw the Enterprise headline the next day . She did not cry or faint or go into hysterics ; but she forgot to put salt in the soup , and that is something Susan never did in my recollection . Mother and Miss Oliver and I cried but Susan looked at us in stony sarcasm and said , ` The Kaiser and his six sons are all alive and thriving . So the world is not left wholly desolate . Why cry , Mrs. Dr. dear ? ' Susan continued in this stony , hopeless condition for twenty-four hours , and then Cousin Sophia appeared and began to condole with her . '' ` This is terrible news , ai n't it , Susan ? We might as well prepare for the worst for it is bound to come . You said once -- and well do I remember the words , Susan Baker -- that you had complete confidence in God and Kitchener . Ah well , Susan Baker , there is only God left now . ' `` Whereat Cousin Sophia put her handkerchief to her eyes pathetically as if the world were indeed in terrible straits . As for Susan , Cousin Sophia was the salvation of her . She came to life with a jerk . '' ` Sophia Crawford , hold your peace ! ' she said sternly . ` You may be an idiot but you need not be an irreverent idiot . It is no more than decent to be weeping and wailing because the Almighty is the sole stay of the Allies now . As for Kitchener , his death is a great loss and I do not dispute it . But the outcome of this war does not depend on one man 's life and now that the Russians are coming on again you will soon see a change for the better . '
`` Susan said this so energetically XXXXX she convinced herself and cheered up immediately .
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