`` Friedrich , why did n't you ... '' `` Ah , heaven , she gifs me the name that no one speaks since Minna died ! '' cried the Professor , pausing in a puddle to regard her with grateful delight . `` I always call you so to myself -- I forgot , but I wo n't unless you like it . '' `` Like it ? It is more sweet to me than I can tell . Say ` thou ' , also , and I shall say your language is almost as beautiful as mine . '' `` Is n't ` thou ' a little sentimental ? '' asked Jo , privately thinking it a lovely monosyllable . `` Sentimental ? Yes . Thank Gott , we Germans believe in sentiment , and keep ourselves young mit it . Your English ` you ' is so cold , say ` thou ' , heart 's dearest , it means so much to me , '' pleaded Mr. Bhaer , more like a romantic student than a grave professor . `` Well , then , why did n't thou tell me all this sooner ? '' asked Jo bashfully . `` Now I shall haf to show thee all my heart , and I so gladly will , because thou must take care of it hereafter . See , then , my Jo -- ah , the dear , funny little name -- I had a wish to tell something the day I said goodbye in New York , but I thought the handsome friend was betrothed to thee , and so I spoke not . Wouldst thou have said ` Yes ' , then , if I had spoken ? '' `` I do n't know . I 'm afraid not , for I did n't have any heart just then . '' `` Prut !
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