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Tender Troubles

           Iftheyhadknownthevarioustenderpassageswhichhadbeennippedinthebud,theywouldhavehadtheimmensesatisfactionofsaying,"Itoldyouso."ButJohated‘philandering’,andwouldn’tallowit,alwayshavingajokeorasmilereadyattheleastsignofimpendingdanger.

           WhenLauriefirstwenttocollege,hefellinloveaboutonceamonth,butthesesmallflameswereasbriefasardent,didnodamage,andmuchamusedJo,whotookgreatinterestinthealternationsofhope,despair,andresignation,whichwereconfidedtoherintheirweeklyconferences.ButtherecameatimewhenLaurieceasedtoworshipatmanyshrines,hinteddarklyatoneall-absorbingpassion,andindulgedoccasionallyinByronicfitsofgloom.Thenheavoidedthetendersubjectaltogether,wrotephilosophicalnotestoJo,turnedstudious,andgaveoutthathewasgoingto‘dig’,intendingtograduateinablazeofglory.Thissuitedtheyoungladybetterthantwilightconfidences,tenderpressuresofthehand,andeloquentglancesoftheeye,forwithJo,braindevelopedearlierthanheart,andshepreferredimaginaryheroestorealones,becausewhentiredofthem,theformercouldbeshutupinthetinkitchentillcalledfor,andthelatterwerelessmanageable.

           Thingswereinthisstatewhenthegranddiscoverywasmade,andJowatchedLauriethatnightasshehadneverdonebefore.Ifshehadnotgotthenewideaintoherhead,shewouldhaveseennothingunusualinthefactthatBethwasveryquiet,andLaurieverykindtoher.

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