`` Thank you , '' said Una . It was all she said , but there was something in her voice which repaid Rilla for her bit of sacrifice . Una took the letter and when Rilla had gone she pressed it against her lonely lips . Una knew that love would never come into her life now -- it was buried for ever under the blood-stained soil `` Somewhere in France . '' No one but herself -- and perhaps Rilla -- knew it -- would ever know it . She had no right in the eyes of her world to grieve . She must hide and bear her long pain as best she could -- alone . But she , too , would keep faith . CHAPTER XXIV MARY IS JUST IN TIME The autumn of 1916 was a bitter season for Ingleside . Mrs. Blythe 's return to health was slow , and sorrow and loneliness were in all hearts . Every one tried to hide it from the others and `` carry on '' cheerfully . Rilla laughed a good deal . Nobody at Ingleside was deceived by her laughter ; it came from her lips only , never from her heart . But outsiders said some people got over trouble very easily , and Irene Howard remarked that she was surprised to find how shallow Rilla Blythe really was . `` Why , after all her pose of being so devoted to Walter , she does n't seem to mind his death at all . Nobody has ever seen her shed a tear or heard her mention his name . She has evidently quite forgotten him . Poor fellow -- you 'd really think his family would feel it more . I spoke of him to Rilla at the last Junior Red meeting -- of how fine and brave and splendid he was -- and I said life could never be just the same to me again , now that Walter had gone -- we were such friends , you know -- why I was the very first person he told about having enlisted -- and Rilla answered , as coolly and indifferently as if she were speaking of an entire stranger , ` He was just one of many fine and splendid boys who have given everything for their country . ' Well , I wish I could take things as calmly -- but I 'm not made like that .
I 'm so sensitive -- things hurt me terribly -- I really never get XXXXX them .
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