`` She 'll see those handsome eyes that she talks about , and then it will be all up with her . She 's got such a soft heart , it will melt like butter in the sun if anyone looks sentimentlly at her . She read the short reports he sent more than she did your letters , and pinched me when I spoke of it , and likes brown eyes , and does n't think John an ugly name , and she 'll go and fall in love , and there 's an end of peace and fun , and cozy times together . I see it all ! They 'll go lovering around the house , and we shall have to dodge . Meg will be absorbed and no good to me any more . Brooke will scratch up a fortune somehow , carry her off , and make a hole in the family , and I shall break my heart , and everything will be abominably uncomfortable . Oh , dear me ! Why were n't we all boys , then there would n't be any bother . '' Jo leaned her chin on her knees in a disconsolate attitude and shook her fist at the reprehensible John . Mrs. March sighed , and Jo looked up with an air of relief . `` You do n't like it , Mother ? I 'm glad of it . Let 's send him about his business , and not tell Meg a word of it , but all be happy together as we always have been . '' `` I did wrong to sigh , Jo . It is natural and right you should all go to homes of your own in time , but I do want to keep my girls as long as I can , and I am sorry that this happened so soon , for Meg is only seventeen and it will be some years before John can make a home for her . Your father and I have agreed that she shall not bind herself in any way , nor be married , before twenty . If she and John love one another , they can wait , and test the love by doing so . She is conscientious , and I have no fear of her treating him unkindly . My pretty , tender hearted girl !
I hope things will XXXXX happily with her . ''
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