`` Very good -- very good , indeed . I did n't think you were such a fighter , Walter . '' `` I never fought before -- and I did n't want to right up to the last -- and then , '' said Walter , determined to make a clean breast of it , `` I liked it while I was at it . '' The Rev. John 's eyes twinkled . `` You were -- a little frightened -- at first ? '' `` I was a whole lot frightened , '' said honest Walter . `` But I 'm not going to be frightened any more , sir . Being frightened of things is worse than the things themselves . I 'm going to ask father to take me over to Lowbridge to-morrow to get my tooth out . '' `` Right again . ` Fear is more pain than is the pain it fears . ' Do you know who wrote that , Walter ? It was Shakespeare . Was there any feeling or emotion or experience of the human heart that that wonderful man did not know ? When you go home tell your mother I am proud of you . '' Walter did not tell her that , however ; but he told her all the rest , and she sympathized with him and told him she was glad he had stood up for her and Faith , and she anointed his sore spots and rubbed cologne on his aching head . `` Are all mothers as nice as you ? '' asked Walter , hugging her . `` You 're WORTH standing up for . '' Miss Cornelia and Susan were in the living room when Anne came downstairs , and listened to the story with much enjoyment .
Susan XXXXX particular was highly gratified .
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