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The First Wedding

           

           Jodidnotcry,thoughshewasverynearitonce,andwasonlysavedfromademonstrationbytheconsciousnessthatLauriewasstaringfixedlyather,withacomicalmixtureofmerrimentandemotioninhiswickedblackeyes.Bethkeptherfacehiddenonhermother’sshoulder,butAmystoodlikeagracefulstatue,withamostbecomingrayofsunshinetouchingherwhiteforeheadandtheflowerinherhair.

           Itwasn’tatallthething,I’mafraid,buttheminuteshewasfairlymarried,Megcried,"ThefirstkissforMarmee!"andturning,gaveitwithherheartonherlips.Duringthenextfifteenminutesshelookedmorelikearosethanever,foreveryoneavailedthemselvesoftheirprivilegestothefullestextent,fromMr.LaurencetooldHannah,who,adornedwithaheaddressfearfullyandwonderfullymade,felluponherinthehall,cryingwithasobandachuckle,"Blessyou,deary,ahundredtimes!Thecakeain’thurtamite,andeverythinglookslovely."

           Everybodyclearedupafterthat,andsaidsomethingbrilliant,ortriedto,whichdidjustaswell,forlaughterisreadywhenheartsarelight.Therewasnodisplayofgifts,fortheywerealreadyinthelittlehouse,norwasthereanelaboratebreakfast,butaplentifullunchofcakeandfruit,dressedwithflowers.Mr.LaurenceandAuntMarchshruggedandsmiledatoneanotherwhenwater,lemonade,andcoffeewerefoundtobetoonlysortsofnectarwhichthethreeHebescarriedround.

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