`` You 'll get over it in time , '' Mrs. William Reese said , cheerfully . Mrs. Reese had three stalwart sons , not one of whom had gone to the front . `` It 's such a blessing it was Walter who was taken and not Jem , '' said Miss Sarah Clow . `` Walter was a member of the church , and Jem was n't . I 've told Mr. Meredith many a time that he should have spoken seriously to Jem about it before he went away . '' `` Pore , pore Walter , '' sighed Mrs. Reese . `` Do not you come here calling him poor Walter , '' said Susan indignantly , appearing in the kitchen door , much to the relief of Rilla , who felt that she could endure no more just then . `` He was not poor . He was richer than any of you . It is you who stay at home and will not let your sons go who are poor -- poor and naked and mean and small -- pisen poor , and so are your sons , with all their prosperous farms and fat cattle and their souls no bigger than a flea 's -- if as big . '' `` I came here to comfort the afflicted and not to be insulted , '' said Mrs. Reese , taking her departure , unregretted by anyone . Then the fire went out of Susan and she retreated to her kitchen , laid her faithful old head on the table and wept bitterly for a time . Then she went to work and ironed Jims 's little rompers . Rilla scolded her gently for it when she herself came in to do it . `` I am not going to have you kill yourself working for any war-baby , '' Susan said obstinately . `` Oh , I wish I could just keep on working all the time , Susan , '' cried poor Rilla . `` And I wish I did n't have to go to sleep . It is hideous to go to sleep and forget it for a little while , and wake up and have it all rush over me anew the next morning . Do people ever get used to things like this , Susan ? And oh , Susan , I ca n't get away from what Mrs. Reese said .
Did Walter suffer much -- he was always so sensitive XXXXX pain .
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