But I am in that state of mind where even a lie is a comfort , providing it is a cheerful lie . '' `` In that case , Miss Oliver dear , the German official reports ought to be all you need , '' said Susan sarcastically . `` I never read them now because they make me so mad I can not put my thoughts properly on my work after a dose of them . Even this news about Warsaw has taken the edge off my afternoon 's plans . Misfortunes never come singly . I spoiled my baking of bread today -- and now Warsaw has fallen -- and here is little Kitchener bent on choking himself to death . '' Jims was evidently trying to swallow his spoon , germs and all . Rilla rescued him mechanically and was about to resume the operation of feeding him when a casual remark of her father 's sent such a shock and thrill over her that for the second time she dropped that doomed spoon . `` Kenneth Ford is down at Martin West 's over-harbour , '' the doctor was saying . `` His regiment was on its way to the front but was held up in Kingsport for some reason , and Ken got leave of absence to come over to the Island . '' `` I hope he will come up to see us , '' exclaimed Mrs. Blythe . `` He only has a day or two off , I believe , '' said the doctor absently . Nobody noticed Rilla 's flushed face and trembling hands . Even the most thoughtful and watchful of parents do not see everything that goes on under their very noses . Rilla made a third attempt to give the long-suffering Jims his dinner , but all she could think of was the question -- Would Ken come to see her before he went away ? She had not heard from him for a long while . Had he forgotten her completely ? If he did not come she would know that he had . Perhaps there was even -- some other girl back there in Toronto . Of course there was .
She was a little fool XXXXX be thinking about him at all .
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