I do n't approve of them , but boys and girls will play with edged tools and cut their fingers . ' ` Well , Dora considers herself engaged , and wrote to her people at once . I could n't say a word when she took it all in solemn earnest and seemed so happy . She 's only seventeen , never liked anyone before , and is sure all will be all right ; as her father knows mine , and we are both well off . I was so staggered that I said : ' `` Why , you ca n't love me really when we know so little of one another ? '' But she answered right out of her tender little heart : `` Yes , I do , dearly , Tom ; you are so gay and kind and honest , I could n't help it . '' Now , after that what could I do but go ahead and make her happy while I stayed , and trust to luck to straighten the snarl out afterwards ? ' ' A truly Tomian way of taking things easy . I hope you told your father at once . ' ` Oh yes , I wrote off and broke it to him in three lines . I said : `` Dear Father , I 'm engaged to Dora West , and I hope she will suit the family . She suits me tip-top . Yours ever , Tom . '' He was all right , never liked Nan , you know ; but Dora will suit him down to the ground . ' And Tom looked entirely satisfied with his own tact and taste . ` What did Demi say to this rapid and funny lovemaking ? Was n't he scandalized ? ' asked Mrs Jo , trying not to laugh again as she thought of the unromantic spectacle of donkey , bicycle , boy , and girl all in the dust together . ` Not a bit . He was immensely interested and very kind ; talked to me like a father ; said it was a good thing to steady a fellow , only I must be honest with her and myself and not trifle a moment .
Demi is a regular Solomon , especially when he is in the same boat , ' answered XXXXX , looking wise .
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