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Little Women

cheerful, ‘No, I had Father and Mother to help me, and
the dear babies to comfort me, and the thought that you
and Amy were safe and happy, to make the troubles here
easier to bear. I am lonely, sometimes, but I dare say it’s

good for me, and..’
‘You never shall be again,’ broke in Laurie, putting his
arm about her, as if to fence out every human ill. ‘Amy
and I can’t get on without you, so you must come and
teach ‘the children’ to keep house, and go halves in
everything, just as we used to do, and let us pet you, and
all be blissfully happy and friendly together.’
‘If I shouldn’t be in the way, it would be very pleasant.
I begin to feel quite young already, for somehow all my
troubles seemed to fly away when you came. You always
were a comfort, Teddy.’ And Jo leaned her head on his
shoulder, just as she did years ago, when Beth lay ill and
Laurie told her to hold on to him.
He looked down at her, wondering if she remembered
the time, but Jo was smiling to herself, as if in truth her
troubles had all vanished at his coming.
‘You are the same Jo still, dropping tears about one
minute, and laughing the next. You look a little wicked
now. What is it, Grandma?’
‘I was wondering how you and Amy get on together.’

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