She did n't like it , and that was the long and short of it . `` Are n't you painting it rather strong , Walter ? '' asked Harvey Crawford , coming up just then . `` This war wo n't last for years -- it 'll be over in a month or two . England will just wipe Germany off the map in no time . '' `` Do you think a war for which Germany has been preparing for twenty years will be over in a few weeks ? '' said Walter passionately . `` This is n't a paltry struggle in a Balkan corner , Harvey . It is a death grapple . Germany comes to conquer or to die . And do you know what will happen if she conquers ? Canada will be a German colony . '' `` Well , I guess a few things will happen before that , '' said Harvey shrugging his shoulders . `` The British navy would have to be licked for one ; and for another , Miller here , now , and I , we 'd raise a dust , would n't we , Miller ? No Germans need apply for this old country , eh ? '' Harvey ran down the steps laughing . `` I declare , I think all you boys talk the craziest stuff , '' said Mary Vance in disgust . She got up and dragged Miller off to the rock-shore . It did n't happen often that they had a chance for a talk together ; Mary was determined that this one should n't be spoiled by Walter Blythe 's silly blather about Pipers and Germans and such like absurd things . They left Walter standing alone on the rock steps , looking out over the beauty of Four Winds with brooding eyes that saw it not .
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