`` No , Miss Oliver , dear , I do not believe -- I know . That does not worry me . What does worry me is the trouble and expense of it all . But then you can not make omelets without breaking eggs , so we must just trust in God and make big guns . '' `` Sometimes I think the big guns are better to trust in than God , '' said Miss Oliver defiantly . `` No , no , dear , you do not . The Germans had the big guns at the Marne , had they not ? But Providence settled them . Do not ever forget that . Just hold on to that when you feel inclined to doubt . Clutch hold of the sides of your chair and sit tight and keep saying , ` Big guns are good but the Almighty is better , and He is on our side , no matter what the Kaiser says about it . ' I would have gone crazy many a day lately , Miss Oliver , dear , if I had not sat tight and repeated that to myself . My cousin Sophia is , like you , somewhat inclined to despond . ` Oh , dear me , what will we do if the Germans ever get here , ' she wailed to me yesterday . ` Bury them , ' said I , just as off-hand as that . ` There is plenty of room for the graves . ' Cousin Sophia said that I was flippant but I was not flippant , Miss Oliver , dear , only calm and confident in the British navy and our Canadian boys . I am like old Mr. William Pollock of the Harbour Head . He is very old and has been ill for a long time , and one night last week he was so low that his daughter-in-law whispered to some one that she thought he was dead . ` Darn it , I ai n't , ' he called right out -- only , Miss Oliver , dear , he did not use so mild a word as ` darn ' -- ` darn it , I ai n't , and I do n't mean to die until the Kaiser is well licked . '
Now , XXXXX , Miss Oliver , dear , '' concluded Susan , `` is the kind of spirit I admire . ''
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