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"We must have our sing, in the good old way, for we are all together again once more," said Jo

They were not all there. But no one found the words thoughtless or untrue, for Beth still seemed among them -a peaceful presence- invisible, but dearer than ever, since death could not break the household league that love made dissoluble.

How well we pull together, don't we?" said Amy, who objected to silence just then.

"So well that I wish we might always pull in the same boat. Will you, Amy?" very tenderly.

"Yes, Laurie," very low.

"Laurie's heart wouldn't ache. The wound persisted in healing with a rapidity that astonished him, and instead of trying to forget, he found himself trying to remember. He had not foreseen this turn of affairs, and was not prepared for it. He was disgusted with himself, surprised at his own fickleness, and full of a queer mixture of disappointment and relief that he could recover from such a tremendous blow so soon"