Why , General Haig says that the German officers he has captured admit that they have lost the war . '' `` You ca n't believe a word the Germans say , '' protested Cousin Sophia . `` There is no sense in believing a thing just because you 'd like to believe it , Susan Baker . The British have lost millions of men at the Somme and how far have they got ? Look facts in the face , Susan Baker , look facts in the face . '' `` They are wearing the Germans out and so long as that happens it does not matter whether it is done a few miles east or a few miles west . I am not , '' admitted Susan in tremendous humility , `` I am not a military expert , Sophia Crawford , but even I can see that , and so could you if you were not determined to take a gloomy view of everything . The Huns have not got all the cleverness in the world . Have you not heard the story of Alistair MacCallum 's son Roderick , from the Upper Glen ? He is a prisoner in Germany and his mother got a letter from him last week . He wrote that he was being very kindly treated and that all the prisoners had plenty of food and so on , till you would have supposed everything was lovely . But when he signed his name , right in between Roderick and MacCallum , he wrote two Gaelic words that meant ` all lies ' and the German censor did not understand Gaelic and thought it was all part of Roddy 's name . So he let it pass , never dreaming how he was diddled . Well , I am going to leave the war to Haig for the rest of the day and make a frosting for my chocolate cake . And when it is made I shall put it on the top shelf . The last one I made I left it on the lower shelf and little Kitchener sneaked in and clawed all the icing off and ate it . We had company for tea that night and when I went to get my cake what a sight did I behold ! '' `` Has that pore orphan 's father never been heerd from yet ? '' asked Cousin Sophia . `` Yes , I had a letter from him in July , '' said Rilla .
`` He said that when he got word of his wife 's death and of my taking the baby -- Mr. Meredith wrote him , you know -- he wrote right away , but as he never got any answer he had begun XXXXX think his letter must have been lost . ''
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