Call Meg , and tell her you 'll give in , '' said Laurie , with an approving pat , which annoyed Amy more than the ` giving in ' . Meg and Jo came running down to behold the miracle which had been wrought , and Amy , feeling very precious and self-sacrificing , promised to go , if the doctor said Beth was going to be ill . `` How is the little dear ? '' asked Laurie , for Beth was his especial pet , and he felt more anxious about her than he liked to show . `` She is lying down on Mother 's bed , and feels better . The baby 's death troubled her , but I dare say she has only got cold . Hannah says she thinks so , but she looks worried , and that makes me fidgety , '' answered Meg . `` What a trying world it is ! '' said Jo , rumpling up her hair in a fretful way . `` No sooner do we get out of one trouble than down comes another . There does n't seem to be anything to hold on to when Mother 's gone , so I 'm all at sea . '' `` Well , do n't make a porcupine of yourself , it is n't becoming . Settle your wig , Jo , and tell me if I shall telegraph to your mother , or do anything ? '' asked Laurie , who never had been reconciled to the loss of his friend 's one beauty . `` That is what troubles me , '' said Meg . `` I think we ought to tell her if Beth is really ill , but Hannah says we must n't , for Mother ca n't leave Father , and it will only make them anxious . Beth wo n't be sick long , and Hannah knows just what to do , and Mother said we were to mind her , so I suppose we must , but it does n't seem quite right to me . '' `` Hum , well , I ca n't say . Suppose you ask Grandfather after the doctor has been . '' `` We will .
Jo , go and get Dr. Bangs at once , '' commanded XXXXX .
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