`` It 's the best joke of the season , is n't it ? I would n't have told you , for I set my heart on surprising you , and I flatter myself I 've done it , '' said Jo , when she got her breath . `` I never was more staggered in my life . Is n't it fun ? Are they boys ? What are you going to name them ? Let 's have another look . Hold me up , Jo , for upon my life it 's one too many for me , '' returned Laurie , regarding the infants with the air of a big , benevolent Newfoundland looking at a pair of infantile kittens . `` Boy and girl . Are n't they beauties ? '' said the proud papa , beaming upon the little red squirmers as if they were unfledged angels . `` Most remarkable children I ever saw . Which is which ? '' and Laurie bent like a well-sweep to examine the prodigies . `` Amy put a blue ribbon on the boy and a pink on the girl , French fashion , so you can always tell . Besides , one has blue eyes and one brown . Kiss them , Uncle Teddy , '' said wicked Jo . `` I 'm afraid they might n't like it , '' began Laurie , with unusual timidity in such matters . `` Of course they will , they are used to it now . Do it this minute , sir ! ''
commanded XXXXX , fearing he might propose a proxy .
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