Make haste to get warmed and fed , for you wo n't be in long . ' ` Well , now Cornelia , ' I says , ` mebbe Providence thinks Canada needs a real long spell of humiliation . ' Ah , Susan , have YOU heard the news ? The Liberals are in . '' Susan had just come in from the kitchen , attended by the odor of delectable dishes which always seemed to hover around her . `` Now , are they ? '' she said , with beautiful unconcern . `` Well , I never could see but that my bread rose just as light when Grits were in as when they were not . And if any party , Mrs. Doctor , dear , will make it rain before the week is out , and save our kitchen garden from entire ruination , that is the party Susan will vote for . In the meantime , will you just step out and give me your opinion on the meat for dinner ? I am fearing that it is very tough , and I think that we had better change our butcher as well as our government . '' One evening , a week later , Anne walked down to the Point , to see if she could get some fresh fish from Captain Jim , leaving Little Jem for the first time . It was quite a tragedy . Suppose he cried ? Suppose Susan did not know just exactly what to do for him ? Susan was calm and serene . `` I have had as much experience with him as you , Mrs. Doctor , dear , have I not ? '' `` Yes , with him -- but not with other babies . Why , I looked after three pairs of twins , when I was a child , Susan . When they cried , I gave them peppermint or castor oil quite coolly .
It 's quite curious now to recall how lightly I took all those XXXXX and their woes . ''
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