Fortunately , Mr. Bhaer considered her the most beautiful woman living , and she found him more `` Jove-like '' than ever , though his hatbrim was quite limp with the little rills trickling thence upon his shoulders -LRB- for he held the umbrella all over Jo -RRB- , and every finger of his gloves needed mending . Passers-by probably thought them a pair of harmless lunatics , for they entirely forgot to hail a bus , and strolled leisurely along , oblivious of deepening dusk and fog . Little they cared what anybody thought , for they were enjoying the happy hour that seldom comes but once in any life , the magical moment which bestows youth on the old , beauty on the plain , wealth on the poor , and gives human hearts a foretaste of heaven . The Professor looked as if he had conquered a kingdom , and the world had nothing more to offer him in the way of bliss . While Jo trudged beside him , feeling as if her place had always been there , and wondering how she ever could have chosen any other lot . Of course , she was the first to speak -- intelligibly , I mean , for the emotional remarks which followed her impetuous `` Oh , yes ! '' were not of a coherent or reportable character . `` 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 XXXXX bashfully .
English Friedrich Gott Jo Minna Professor first hatbrim lunatics rills