I could n't enjoy myself if I neglected them even for you , so there 's no need of hurry or impatience . You can do your part out West , I can do mine here , and both be happy hoping for the best , and leaving the future to be as God wills . '' `` Ah ! Thou gifest me such hope and courage , and I haf nothing to gif back but a full heart and these empty hands , '' cried the Professor , quite overcome . Jo never , never would learn to be proper , for when he said that as they stood upon the steps , she just put both hands into his , whispering tenderly , `` Not empty now , '' and stooping down , kissed her Friedrich under the umbrella . It was dreadful , but she would have done it if the flock of draggle-tailed sparrows on the hedge had been human beings , for she was very far gone indeed , and quite regardless of everything but her own happiness . Though it came in such a very simple guise , that was the crowning moment of both their lives , when , turning from the night and storm and loneliness to the household light and warmth and peace waiting to receive them , with a glad `` Welcome home ! '' Jo led her lover in , and shut the door . CHAPTER FORTY-SEVEN HARVEST TIME For a year Jo and her Professor worked and waited , hoped and loved , met occasionally , and wrote such voluminous letters that the rise in the price of paper was accounted for , Laurie said . The second year began rather soberly , for their prospects did not brighten , and Aunt March died suddenly . But when their first sorrow was over -- for they loved the old lady in spite of her sharp tongue -- they found they had cause for rejoicing , for she had left Plumfield to Jo , which made all sorts of joyful things possible . `` It 's a fine old place , and will bring a handsome sum , for of course you intend to sell it , '' said Laurie , as they were all talking the matter over some weeks later . `` No , I do n't , '' was Jo 's decided answer , as she petted the fat poodle , whom she had adopted , out of respect to his former mistress . `` You do n't mean to live there ? '' `` Yes , I do . '' `` But , my dear girl , it 's an immense house , and will take a power of money to keep it in order . The garden and orchard alone need two or three men , and farming is n't in Bhaer 's line , I take it . '' `` He 'll try his hand at it there , if I propose it . '' `` And you expect to live on the produce of the place ? Well , that sounds paradisiacal , but you 'll find it desperate hard work . ''
`` The crop we are going to raise is a profitable one , '' and XXXXX laughed .
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