I 'm quite willing to agree that Rilla Blythe is the embodiment of all the virtues , if that will please you . And no doubt it is a virtue to be quite unmoved by things that would crush most people . '' Some of Irene 's remarks were reported to Rilla ; but they did not hurt her as they would once have done . They did n't matter , that was all . Life was too big to leave room for pettiness . She had a pact to keep and a work to do ; and through the long hard days and weeks of that disastrous autumn she was faithful to her task . The war news was consistently bad , for Germany marched from victory to victory over poor Rumania . `` Foreigners -- foreigners , '' Susan muttered dubiously . `` Russians or Rumanians or whatever they may be , they are foreigners and you can not tie to them . But after Verdun I shall not give up hope . And can you tell me , Mrs. Dr. dear , if the Dobruja is a river or a mountain range , or a condition of the atmosphere ? '' The Presidential election in the United States came off in November , and Susan was red-hot over that -- and quite apologetic for her excitement . `` I never thought I would live to see the day when I would be interested in a Yankee election , Mrs. Dr. dear . It only goes to show we can never know what we will come to in this world , and therefore we should not be proud . '' Susan stayed up late on the evening of the eleventh , ostensibly to finish a pair of socks . But she ` phoned down to Carter Flagg 's store at intervals , and when the first report came through that Hughes had been elected she stalked solemnly upstairs to Mrs. Blythe 's room and announced it in a thrilling whisper from the foot of the bed . `` I thought if you were not asleep you would be interested in knowing it . I believe it is for the best . Perhaps he will just fall to writing notes , too , Mrs. Dr. dear , but I hope for better things . I never was very partial to whiskers , but one can not have everything . ''
When news came in the morning that after all Wilson was re-elected , Susan tacked XXXXX catch another breeze of optimism .
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