So I got grandpa to say it was high time we did something , and off I pelted to the office yesterday , for the doctor looked sober , and Hannah most took my head off when I proposed a telegram . I never can bear to be ` lorded over ' , so that settled my mind , and I did it . Your mother will come , I know , and the late train is in at two A.M. I shall go for her , and you 've only got to bottle up your rapture , and keep Beth quiet till that blessed lady gets here . '' `` Laurie , you 're an angel ! How shall I ever thank you ? '' `` Fly at me again . I rather liked it , '' said Laurie , looking mischievous , a thing he had not done for a fortnight . `` No , thank you . I 'll do it by proxy , when your grandpa comes . Do n't tease , but go home and rest , for you 'll be up half the night . Bless you , Teddy , bless you ! '' Jo had backed into a corner , and as she finished her speech , she vanished precipitately into the kitchen , where she sat down upon a dresser and told the assembled cats that she was `` happy , oh , so happy ! '' while Laurie departed , feeling that he had made a rather neat thing of it . `` That 's the interferingest chap I ever see , but I forgive him and do hope Mrs. March is coming right away , '' said Hannah , with an air of relief , when Jo told the good news . Meg had a quiet rapture , and then brooded over the letter , while Jo set the sickroom in order , and Hannah `` knocked up a couple of pies in case of company unexpected '' . A breath of fresh air seemed to blow through the house , and something better than sunshine brightened the quiet rooms . Everything appeared to feel the hopeful change . Beth 's bird began to chirp again , and a half-blown rose was discovered on Amy 's bush in the window . The fires seemed to burn with unusual cheeriness , and every time the girls met , their pale faces broke into smiles as they hugged one another , whispering encouragingly , `` Mother 's coming , dear ! Mother 's coming ! ''
Every one rejoiced but XXXXX .
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