`` How happy those children seem together ! '' observed Mr. March , finding it difficult to become absorbed in his Aristotle after the young couple had gone . `` Yes , and I think it will last , '' added Mrs. March , with the restful expression of a pilot who has brought a ship safely into port . `` I know it will . Happy Amy ! '' and Jo sighed , then smiled brightly as Professor Bhaer opened the gate with an impatient push . Later in the evening , when his mind had been set at rest about the bootjack , Laurie said suddenly to his wife , `` Mrs. Laurence . '' `` My Lord ! '' `` That man intends to marry our Jo ! '' `` I hope so , do n't you , dear ? '' `` Well , my love , I consider him a trump , in the fullest sense of that expressive word , but I do wish he was a little younger and a good deal richer . '' `` Now , Laurie , do n't be too fastidious and worldly-minded . If they love one another it does n't matter a particle how old they are nor how poor . Women never should marry for money ... '' Amy caught herself up short as the words escaped her , and looked at her husband , who replied , with malicious gravity ... `` Certainly not , though you do hear charming girls say that they intend to do it sometimes . If my memory serves me , you once thought it your duty to make a rich match . That accounts , perhaps , for your marrying a good-for-nothing like me . '' `` Oh , my dearest boy , do n't , do n't say that ! I forgot you were rich when I said ` Yes ' . I 'd have married you if you had n't a penny , and I sometimes wish you were poor that I might show how much I love you . '' And Amy , who was very dignified in public and very fond in private , gave convincing proofs of the truth of her words .
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