`` 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 that we were in I found out how Gritty I really was . '' `` You know the doctor and I are Conservatives . '' `` Ah , well , it 's the only bad thing I know of either of you , Mistress Blythe . Cornelia is a Tory , too . I called in on my way from the Glen to tell her the news . '' `` Did n't you know you took your life in your hands ? '' `` Yes , but I could n't resist the temptation . '' `` How did she take it ? '' `` Comparatively calm , Mistress Blythe , comparatively calm . She says , says she , ` Well , Providence sends seasons of humiliation to a country , same as to individuals . You Grits have been cold and hungry for many a year . Make haste to get warmed and fed , for you wo n't be in long . ' ` Well , now Cornelia , ' I says , ` mebbe Providence thinks Canada needs a real long spell of humiliation . ' Ah , Susan , have YOU heard the news ? The Liberals are in . '' Susan had just come in from the kitchen , attended by the odor of delectable dishes which always seemed to hover around her . `` Now , are they ? '' she said , with beautiful unconcern . `` Well , I never could see but that my bread rose just as light when Grits were in as when they were not .
And if any party , Mrs. Doctor , dear , will make it rain before the week is out , and save our kitchen garden XXXXX entire ruination , that is the party Susan will vote for .
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