Susan said ` Thank God , ' firstly , and secondly she said ` Did I not tell you Dog Monday knew ? ' and thirdly , ` I 'll go down and make a cup of tea ' -- and she stalked down in her nightdress to make it . She did make it -- and made mother and Gertrude drink it -- but I went back to my room and shut my door and locked it , and I knelt by my window and cried -- just as Gertrude did when her great news came . `` I think I know at last exactly what I shall feel like on the resurrection morning . '' 4th October 1918 `` Today Jem 's letter came . It has been in the house only six hours and it is almost read to pieces . The post-mistress told everybody in the Glen it had come , and everybody came up to hear the news . `` Jem was badly wounded in the thigh -- and he was picked up and taken to prison , so delirious with fever that he did n't know what was happening to him or where he was . It was weeks before he came to his senses and was able to write . Then he did write -- but it never came . He was n't treated at all badly at his camp -- only the food was poor . He had nothing to eat but a little black bread and boiled turnips and now and then a little soup with black peas in it . And we sat down every one of those days to three good square luxurious meals ! He wrote us as often as he could but he was afraid we were not getting his letters because no reply came . As soon as he was strong enough he tried to escape , but was caught and brought back ; a month later he and a comrade made another attempt and succeeded in reaching Holland . `` Jem ca n't come home right away . He is n't quite so well as his cable said , for his wound has not healed properly and he has to go into a hospital in England for further treatment . But he says he will be all right eventually , and we know he is safe and will be back home sometime , and oh , the difference it makes in everything ! `` I had a letter from Jim Anderson today , too . He has married an English girl , got his discharge , and is coming right home to Canada with his bride .
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