They pet and tyrannize over Daisy by turns , and she is getting spoilt . Then they must learn gentle ways , and improve their manners , and having girls about will do it better than any thing else . '' `` You are right , as usual . Now , who shall we have ? '' asked Mr. Bhaer , seeing by the look in her eye that Mrs. Jo had some one all ready to propose . `` Little Annie Harding . '' `` What ! Naughty Nan , as the lads call her ? '' cried Mr. Bhaer , looking very much amused . `` Yes , she is running wild at home since her mother died , and is too bright a child to be spoilt by servants . I have had my eye on her for some time , and when I met her father in town the other day I asked him why he did not send her to school . He said he would gladly if he could find as good a school for girls as ours was for boys . I know he would rejoice to have her come ; so suppose we drive over this afternoon and see about it . '' `` Have not you cares enough now , my Jo , without this little gypsy to torment you ? '' asked Mr. Bhaer , patting the hand that lay on his arm . `` Oh dear , no , '' said Mother Bhaer , briskly . `` I like it , and never was happier than since I had my wilderness of boys . You see , Fritz , I feel a great sympathy for Nan , because I was such a naughty child myself that I know all about it . She is full of spirits , and only needs to be taught what to do with them to be as nice a little girl as Daisy . Those quick wits of hers would enjoy lessons if they were rightly directed , and what is now a tricksy midget would soon become a busy , happy child .
I XXXXX how to manage her , for I remember how my blessed mother managed me , and -- '' `` And if you succeed half as well as she did , you will have done a magnificent work , '' interrupted Mr. Bhaer , who labored under the delusion that Mrs. B. was the best and most charming woman alive .
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