`` Here 's mine ! '' and Amy waved her pencil . `` I have n't got any , '' said Meg forlornly . `` Yes , you have , '' said Laurie at once . `` Where ? '' `` In your face . '' `` Nonsense , that 's of no use . '' `` Wait and see if it does n't bring you something worth having , '' replied the boy , laughing at the thought of a charming little secret which he fancied he knew . Meg colored behind the brake , but asked no questions and looked across the river with the same expectant expression which Mr. Brooke had worn when he told the story of the knight . `` If we are all alive ten years hence , let 's meet , and see how many of us have got our wishes , or how much nearer we are then than now , '' said Jo , always ready with a plan . `` Bless me ! How old I shall be , twenty-seven ! '' exclaimed Meg , who felt grown up already , having just reached seventeen . `` You and I will be twenty-six , Teddy , Beth twenty-four , and Amy twenty-two . What a venerable party ! '' said Jo . `` I hope I shall have done something to be proud of by that time , but I 'm such a lazy dog , I 'm afraid I shall dawdle , Jo . '' `` You need a motive , Mother says , and when you get it , she is sure you 'll work splendidly . '' `` Is she ? By Jupiter , I will , if I only get the chance ! ''
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