Dog Monday 's long vigil was ended . Jem Blythe had come home . `` We are all very happy -- and sad -- and thankful , '' wrote Rilla in her diary a week later , `` though Susan has not yet recovered -- never will recover , I believe -- from the shock of having Jem come home the very night she had , owing to a strenuous day , prepared a ` pick up ' supper . I shall never forget the sight of her , tearing madly about from pantry to cellar , hunting out stored away goodies . Just as if anybody cared what was on the table -- none of us could eat , anyway . It was meat and drink just to look at Jem . Mother seemed afraid to take her eyes off him lest he vanish out of her sight . It is wonderful to have Jem back -- and little Dog Monday . Monday refuses to be separated from Jem for a moment . He sleeps on the foot of his bed and squats beside him at meal-times . And on Sunday he went to church with him and insisted on going right into our pew , where he went to sleep on Jem 's feet . In the middle of the sermon he woke up and seemed to think he must welcome Jem all over again , for he bounded up with a series of barks and would n't quiet down until Jem took him up in his arms . But nobody seemed to mind , and Mr. Meredith came and patted his head after the service and said , '' ` Faith and affection and loyalty are precious things wherever they are found . That little dog 's love is a treasure , Jem . ' `` One night when Jem and I were talking things over in Rainbow Valley , I asked him if he had ever felt afraid at the front . `` Jem laughed . '' ` Afraid ! I was afraid scores of times -- sick with fear -- I who used to laugh at Walter when he was frightened . Do you know , Walter was never frightened after he got to the front . Realities never scared him -- only his imagination could do that .
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