People who do n't know look at me as much as to say ` Slacker ! ' Well , they wo n't have the chance to look it much longer . '' `` I hate this war , '' said Rilla bitterly , as she gazed out into the maple grove that was a chill glory of pink and gold in the winter sunset . `` Nineteen-fourteen has gone , '' said Dr. Blythe on New Year 's Day . `` Its sun , which rose fairly , has set in blood . What will nineteen-fifteen bring ? '' `` Victory ! '' said Susan , for once laconic . `` Do you really believe we 'll win the war , Susan ? '' said Miss Oliver drearily . She had come over from Lowbridge to spend the day and see Walter and the girls before they went back to Redmond . She was in a rather blue and cynical mood and inclined to look on the dark side . '' ` Believe ' we 'll win the war ! '' exclaimed Susan . `` No , Miss Oliver , dear , I do not believe -- I know . That does not worry me . What does worry me is the trouble and expense of it all . But then you can not make omelets without breaking eggs , so we must just trust in God and make big guns . '' `` Sometimes I think the big guns are better to trust in than God , '' said Miss Oliver defiantly . `` No , no , dear , you do not .
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