`` No , '' she said briskly , with a sudden return of her real self . `` No , God is n't dead -- nor Lloyd George either . We were forgetting that , Mrs. Dr. dear . Do n't cry , little Kitchener . Bad as things are , they might be worse . The British line may be broken but the British navy is not . Let us tie to that . I will take a brace and get up a bite to eat , for strength we must have . '' They made a pretence of eating Susan 's `` bite , '' but it was only a pretence . Nobody at Ingleside ever forgot that black afternoon . Gertrude Oliver walked the floor -- they all walked the floor ; except Susan , who got out her grey war sock . `` Mrs. Dr. dear , I must knit on Sunday at last . I have never dreamed of doing it before for , say what might be said , I have considered it was a violation of the third commandment . But whether it is or whether it is not I must knit today or I shall go mad . '' `` Knit if you can , Susan , '' said Mrs. Blythe restlessly . `` I would knit if I could -- but I can not -- I can not . '' `` If we could only get fuller information , '' moaned Rilla . `` There might be something to encourage us -- if we knew all . '' `` We know that the Germans are shelling Paris , '' said Miss Oliver bitterly . `` In that case they must have smashed through everywhere and be at the very gates .
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