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Under the Umbrella

           Theyneveraskedwhyshesangaboutherwork,didupherhairthreetimesaday,andgotsobloomingwithhereveningexercise.AndnooneseemedtohavetheslightestsuspicionthatProfessorBhaer,whiletalkingphilosophywiththefather,wasgivingthedaughterlessonsinlove.

           Jocouldn’tevenloseherheartinadecorousmanner,butsternlytriedtoquenchherfeelings,andfailingtodoso,ledasomewhatagitatedlife.Shewasmortallyafraidofbeinglaughedatforsurrendering,afterhermanyandvehementdeclarationsofindependence.Lauriewasherespecialdread,butthankstothenewmanager,hebehavedwithpraiseworthypropriety,nevercalledMr.Bhaer‘acapitaloldfellow’inpublic,neveralluded,intheremotestmanner,toJo’simprovedappearance,orexpressedtheleastsurpriseatseeingtheProfessor’shatontheMarches’tablenearlyeveryevening.ButheexultedinprivateandlongedforthetimetocomewhenhecouldgiveJoapieceofplate,withabearandaraggedstaffonitasanappropriatecoatofarms.

           Forafortnight,theProfessorcameandwentwithlover-likeregularity.Thenhestayedawayforthreewholedays,andmadenosign,aproceedingwhichcausedeverybodytolooksober,andJotobecomepensive,atfirst,andthenalasforromanceverycross.

           "Disgusted,Idaresay,andgonehomeassuddenlyashecame.

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