` Oh , indeed ! ' said Irene , laughing as if she did n't believe me . ` Morgan on the Care of Infants ' was upstairs or I would soon have convinced her . Then she said Jims did n't have much hair -- she had never seen a four months ' old baby so bald . `` Of course , I knew Jims had n't much hair -- yet ; but Irene said it in a tone that seemed to imply it was my fault that he had n't any hair . I said I had seen dozens of babies every bit as bald as Jims , and Irene said , Oh very well , she had n't meant to offend me -- when I was n't offended . `` It went on like that the rest of the hour -- Irene kept giving me little digs all the time . The girls have always said she was revengeful like that if she were peeved about anything ; but I never believed it before ; I used to think Irene just perfect , and it hurt me dreadfully to find she could stoop to this . But I corked up my feelings and sewed away for dear life on a Belgian child 's nightgown . `` Then Irene told me the meanest , most contemptible thing that someone had said about Walter . I wo n't write it down -- I ca n't . Of course , she said it made her furious to hear it and all that -- but there was no need for her to tell me such a thing even if she did hear it . She simply did it to hurt me . `` I just exploded . ` How dare you come here and repeat such a thing about my brother , Irene Howard ? ' I exclaimed . ' I shall never forgive you -- never . Your brother has n't enlisted -- has n't any idea of enlisting . ' '' ` Why Rilla , dear , I did n't say it , ' said Irene . ' I told you it was Mrs. George Burr .
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