I want to be kind , but I know I shall get angry if you abuse my Professor . I have n't the least idea of loving him or anybody else . '' `` But you will after a while , and then what will become of me ? '' `` You 'll love someone else too , like a sensible boy , and forget all this trouble . '' `` I ca n't love anyone else , and I 'll never forget you , Jo , Never ! Never ! '' with a stamp to emphasize his passionate words . `` What shall I do with him ? '' sighed Jo , finding that emotions were more unmanagable than she expected . `` You have n't heard what I wanted to tell you . Sit down and listen , for indeed I want to do right and make you happy , '' she said , hoping to soothe him with a little reason , which proved that she knew nothing about love . Seeing a ray of hope in that last speech , Laurie threw himself down on the grass at her feet , leaned his arm on the lower step of the stile , and looked up at her with an expectant face . Now that arrangement was not conducive to calm speech or clear thought on Jo 's part , for how could she say hard things to her boy while he watched her with eyes full of love and longing , and lashes still wet with the bitter drop or two her hardness of heart had wrung from him ? She gently turned his head away , saying , as she stroked the wavy hair which had been allowed to grow for her sake -- how touching that was , to be sure ! `` I agree with Mother that you and I are not suited to each other , because our quick tempers and strong wills would probably make us very miserable , if we were so foolish as to ... '' Jo paused a little over the last word , but Laurie uttered it with a rapturous expression . `` Marry -- no we should n't ! If you loved me , Jo , I should be a perfect saint , for you could make me anything you like . '' `` No , I ca n't . I 've tried and failed , and I wo n't risk our happiness by such a serious experiment . We do n't agree and we never shall , so we 'll be good friends all our lives , but we wo n't go and do anything rash . ''
`` Yes , we will if we get the chance , '' muttered XXXXX rebelliously .
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