`` Oh , Susan , will he really go ? '' she asked . `` It -- it -- it is just ridiculous , that is what it is , '' said Susan . She wiped away her tears , gulped resolutely and got up . `` I am going to wash the dishes . That has to be done , even if everybody has gone crazy . There now , dearie , do not you cry . Jem will go , most likely -- but the war will be over long before he gets anywhere near it . Let us take a brace and not worry your poor mother . '' `` In the Enterprise today it was reported that Lord Kitchener says the war will last three years , '' said Rilla dubiously . `` I am not acquainted with Lord Kitchener , '' said Susan , composedly , `` but I dare say he makes mistakes as often as other people . Your father says it will be over in a few months and I have as much faith in his opinion as I have in Lord Anybody 's . So just let us be calm and trust in the Almighty and get this place tidied up . I am done with crying which is a waste of time and discourages everybody . '' Jem and Jerry went to Charlottetown that night and two days later they came back in khaki . The Glen hummed with excitement over it . Life at Ingleside had suddenly become a tense , strained , thrilling thing . Mrs. Blythe and Nan were brave and smiling and wonderful . Already Mrs. Blythe and Miss Cornelia were organizing a Red Cross . The doctor and Mr. Meredith were rounding up the men for a Patriotic Society .
Rilla , after the first shock , reacted XXXXX the romance of it all , in spite of her heartache .
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