The others paired off as before , and this arrangement left Jo companionless . She did not mind it at the minute , for she lingered to answer Hannah 's eager inquiry . `` Will Miss Amy ride in her coop -LRB- coupe -RRB- , and use all them lovely silver dishes that 's stored away over yander ? '' `` Should n't wonder if she drove six white horses , ate off gold plate , and wore diamonds and point lace every day . Teddy thinks nothing too good for her , '' returned Jo with infinite satisfaction . `` No more there is ! Will you have hash or fishballs for breakfast ? '' asked Hannah , who wisely mingled poetry and prose . `` I do n't care , '' and Jo shut the door , feeling that food was an uncongenial topic just then . She stood a minute looking at the party vanishing above , and as Demi 's short plaid legs toiled up the last stair , a sudden sense of loneliness came over her so strongly that she looked about her with dim eyes , as if to find something to lean upon , for even Teddy had deserted her . If she had known what birthday gift was coming every minute nearer and nearer , she would not have said to herself , `` I 'll weep a little weep when I go to bed . It wo n't do to be dismal now . '' Then she drew her hand over her eyes , for one of her boyish habits was never to know where her handkerchief was , and had just managed to call up a smile when there came a knock at the porch door . She opened with hospitable haste , and started as if another ghost had come to surprise her , for there stood a tall bearded gentleman , beaming on her from the darkness like a midnight sun . `` Oh , Mr. Bhaer , I am so glad to see you ! '' cried Jo , with a clutch , as if she feared the night would swallow him up before she could get him in . `` And I to see Miss Marsch , but no , you haf a party , '' and the Professor paused as the sound of voices and the tap of dancing feet came down to them . `` No , we have n't , only the family . My sister and friends have just come home , and we are all very happy . Come in , and make one of us . ''
Though a very social man , I think Mr. Bhaer would have gone decorously away , and come again another day , but how could he , when XXXXX shut the door behind him , and bereft him of his hat ?
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