Everyone expects it . Grandpa has set his heart upon it , your people like it , and I ca n't get on without you . Say you will , and let 's be happy . Do , do ! '' Not until months afterward did Jo understand how she had the strength of mind to hold fast to the resolution she had made when she decided that she did not love her boy , and never could . It was very hard to do , but she did it , knowing that delay was both useless and cruel . `` I ca n't say ` yes ' truly , so I wo n't say it at all . You 'll see that I 'm right , by-and-by , and thank me for it ... '' she began solemnly . `` I 'll be hanged if I do ! '' and Laurie bounced up off the grass , burning with indignation at the very idea . `` Yes , you will ! '' persisted Jo . `` You 'll get over this after a while , and find some lovely accomplished girl , who will adore you , and make a fine mistress for your fine house . I should n't . I 'm homely and awkward and odd and old , and you 'd be ashamed of me , and we should quarrel -- we ca n't help it even now , you see -- and I should n't like elegant society and you would , and you 'd hate my scribbling , and I could n't get on without it , and we should be unhappy , and wish we had n't done it , and everything would be horrid ! '' `` Anything more ? '' asked Laurie , finding it hard to listen patiently to this prophetic burst . `` Nothing more , except that I do n't believe I shall ever marry . I 'm happy as I am , and love my liberty too well to be in a hurry to give it up for any mortal man . '' `` I know better ! ''
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