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Heartache

           AcallatMeg’s,andarefreshingsniffandsipattheDaisyandDemijohn,stillfurtherfortifiedherforthetete-a-tete,butwhenshesawastalwartfigureloominginthedistance,shehadastrongdesiretoturnaboutandrunaway.

           "Where’sthejew’s-harp,Jo?"criedLaurie,assoonashewaswithinspeakingdistance.

           "Iforgotit."AndJotookheartagain,forthatsalutationcouldnotbecalledlover-like.

           Shealwaysusedtotakehisarmontheseoccasions,nowshedidnot,andhemadenocomplaint,whichwasabadsign,buttalkedonrapidlyaboutallsortsoffarawaysubjects,tilltheyturnedfromtheroadintothelittlepaththatledhomewardthroughthegrove.Thenhewalkedmoreslowly,suddenlylosthisfineflowoflanguage,andnowandthenadreadfulpauseoccurred.Torescuetheconversationfromoneofthewellsofsilenceintowhichitkeptfalling,Josaidhastily,"Nowyoumusthaveagoodlongholiday!"

           "Iintendto."

           SomethinginhisresolutetonemadeJolookupquicklytofindhimlookingdownatherwithanexpressionthatassuredherthedreadedmomenthadcome,andmadeherputoutherhandwithanimploring,"No,Teddy.Pleasedon’t!"

           "Iwill,andyoumusthearme.It’snouse,Jo,we’vegottohaveitout,andthesoonerthebetterforbothofus,"heanswered,gettingflushedandexcitedallatonce.

           "Saywhatyoulikethen.

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