`` You may -- be -- killed , '' Rilla hated herself for saying it -- she knew it was a weak and cowardly thing to say -- but she had rather gone to pieces after the tension of the evening . '' ` Comes he slow or comes he fast It is but death who comes at last . ' '' quoted Walter . `` It 's not death I fear -- I told you that long ago . One can pay too high a price for mere life , little sister . There 's so much hideousness in this war -- I 've got to go and help wipe it out of the world . I 'm going to fight for the beauty of life , Rilla-my-Rilla -- that is my duty . There may be a higher duty , perhaps -- but that is mine . I owe life and Canada that , and I 've got to pay it . Rilla , tonight for the first time since Jem left I 've got back my self-respect . I could write poetry , '' Walter laughed . `` I 've never been able to write a line since last August . Tonight I 'm full of it . Little sister , be brave -- you were so plucky when Jem went . '' `` This -- is -- different , '' Rilla had to stop after every word to fight down a wild outburst of sobs . `` I loved -- Jem -- of course -- but -- when -- he went -- away -- we thought -- the war -- would soon -- be over -- and you are -- everything to me , Walter . '' `` You must be brave to help me , Rilla-my-Rilla . I 'm exalted tonight -- drunk with the excitement of victory over myself -- but there will be other times when it wo n't be like this -- I 'll need your help then . '' `` When -- do -- you -- go ? '' She must know the worst at once .
`` Not XXXXX a week -- then we go to Kingsport for training .
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