Rilla went home from Rainbow Valley as if she flew rather than walked . But such moments of uplift were rare that autumn . To be sure , there was one day in September when great news came of a big Allied victory in the west and Susan ran out to hoist the flag -- the first time she had hoisted it since the Russian line broke and the last time she was to hoist it for many dismal moons . `` Likely the Big Push has begun at last , Mrs. Dr. dear , '' she exclaimed , `` and we will soon see the finish of the Huns . Our boys will be home by Christmas now . Hurrah ! '' Susan was ashamed of herself for hurrahing the minute she had done it , and apologized meekly for such an outburst of juvenility . `` But indeed , Mrs. Dr. dear , this good news has gone to my head after this awful summer of Russian slumps and Gallipoli setbacks . '' `` Good news ! '' said Miss Oliver bitterly . `` I wonder if the women whose men have been killed for it will call it good news . Just because our own men are not on that part of the front we are rejoicing as if the victory had cost no lives . '' `` Now , Miss Oliver dear , do not take that view of it , '' deprecated Susan . `` We have not had much to rejoice over of late and yet men were being killed just the same . Do not let yourself slump like poor Cousin Sophia . She said , when the word came , ` Ah , it is nothing but a rift in the clouds . We are up this week but we will be down the next . ' ` Well , Sophia Crawford , ' said I , -- for I will never give in to her , Mrs. Dr. dear -- ` God himself can not make two hills without a hollow between them , as I have heard it said , but that is no reason why we should not take the good of the hills when we are on them . ' But Cousin Sophia moaned on . ` Here is the Gallipolly expedition a failure and the Grand Duke Nicholas sent off , and everyone knows the Czar of Rooshia is a pro-German and the Allies have no ammunition and Bulgaria is going against us .
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