`` Well , did we any of us ever think we 'd live to see this day ? I bawled all night to think of Jem and Jerry going like this . I think they 're plumb deranged . Miller got a maggot in his head about going but I soon talked him out of it -- likewise his aunt said a few touching things . For once in our lives Kitty Alec and I agree . It 's a miracle that is n't likely to happen again . There 's Ken , Rilla . '' Rilla knew Kenneth was there . She had been acutely conscious of it from the moment he had sprung from Leo West 's buggy . Now he came up to her smiling . `` Doing the brave-smiling-sister-stunt , I see . What a crowd for the Glen to muster ! Well , I 'm off home in a few days myself . '' A queer little wind of desolation that even Jem 's going had not caused blew over Rilla 's spirit . `` Why ? You have another month of vacation . '' `` Yes -- but I ca n't hang around Four Winds and enjoy myself when the world 's on fire like this . It 's me for little old Toronto where I 'll find some way of helping in spite of this bally ankle . I 'm not looking at Jem and Jerry -- makes me too sick with envy . You girls are great -- no crying , no grim endurance .
The boys 'll go off with a good taste XXXXX their mouths .
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