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Little Women - 912 Freedom Library

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<strong>Little</strong> <strong>Women</strong>‘We shall see. Haf you patience to wait a long time, Jo?I must go away and do my work alone. I must help myboys first, because, even for you, I may not break myword to Minna. Can you forgif that, and be happy whilewe hope and wait?’‘Yes, I know I can, for we love one another, and thatmakes all the rest easy to bear. I have my duty, also, andmy work. I couldn’t enjoy myself if I neglected them evenfor you, so there’s no need of hurry or impatience. Youcan do your part out West, I can do mine here, and bothbe happy hoping for the best, and leaving the future to beas God wills.’‘Ah! Thou gifest me such hope and courage, and I hafnothing to gif back but a full heart and these emptyhands,’ cried the Professor, quite overcome.Jo never, never would learn to be proper, for when hesaid that as they stood upon the steps, she just put bothhands into his, whispering tenderly, ‘Not empty now,’ andstooping down, kissed her Friedrich under the umbrella. Itwas dreadful, but she would have done it if the flock ofdraggle-tailed sparrows on the hedge had been humanbeings, for she was very far gone indeed, and quiteregardless of everything but her own happiness. Though itcame in such a very simple guise, that was the crowning842 of 861

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