`` What are you going to do with yourselves after you get settled ? '' asked Jo , buttoning Amy 's cloak as she used to button her pinafores . `` We have our plans . We do n't mean to say much about them yet , because we are such very new brooms , but we do n't intend to be idle . I 'm going into business with a devotion that shall delight Grandfather , and prove to him that I 'm not spoiled . I need something of the sort to keep me steady . I 'm tired of dawdling , and mean to work like a man . '' `` And Amy , what is she going to do ? '' asked Mrs. March , well pleased at Laurie 's decision and the energy with which he spoke . `` After doing the civil all round , and airing our best bonnet , we shall astonish you by the elegant hospitalities of our mansion , the brilliant society we shall draw about us , and the beneficial influence we shall exert over the world at large . That 's about it , is n't it , Madame Recamier ? '' asked Laurie with a quizzical look at Amy . `` Time will show . Come away , Impertinence , and do n't shock my family by calling me names before their faces , '' answered Amy , resolving that there should be a home with a good wife in it before she set up a salon as a queen of society . `` 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 XXXXX at rest about the bootjack , Laurie said suddenly to his wife , `` Mrs. Laurence . ''
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