Just see the dimples in his elbows . We 'll bring him up to be a good Conservative , you and I , Miss Cornelia . '' `` Bring him up to be a good man , '' said Miss Cornelia . `` They 're scarce and valuable ; though , mind you , I would n't like to see him a Grit . As for the election , you and I may be thankful we do n't live over harbor . The air there is blue these days . Every Elliott and Crawford and MacAllister is on the warpath , loaded for bear . This side is peaceful and calm , seeing there 's so few men . Captain Jim 's a Grit , but it 's my opinion he 's ashamed of it , for he never talks politics . There is n't any earthly doubt that the Conservatives will be returned with a big majority again . '' Miss Cornelia was mistaken . On the morning after the election Captain Jim dropped in at the little house to tell the news . So virulent is the microbe of party politics , even in a peaceable old man , that Captain Jim 's cheeks were flushed and his eyes were flashing with all his old-time fire . `` Mistress Blythe , the Liberals are in with a sweeping majority . After eighteen years of Tory mismanagement this down-trodden country is going to have a chance at last . '' `` I never heard you make such a bitter partisan speech before , Captain Jim . I did n't think you had so much political venom in you , '' laughed Anne , who was not much excited over the tidings . Little Jem had said `` Wow-ga '' that morning . What were principalities and powers , the rise and fall of dynasties , the overthrow of Grit or Tory , compared with that miraculous occurrence ? `` It 's been accumulating for a long while , '' said Captain Jim , with a deprecating smile .
`` I thought I was only a moderate Grit , but when the news came XXXXX we were in I found out how Gritty I really was . ''
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