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On Picket Duty, and Other Tales by Louisa May Alcott
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"Dollee, _he_ said No! do _you_ say, Yes?"

She could not speak, but her heart stood up in her eyes and answered
him so eloquently that he was satisfied.

"Thank the Lord, it's all right!" thought Dick, as, peeping in at
the window ten minutes later, be saw Dolly enthroned upon Mr. Bopp's
knee, both her hands in his, and an expression in her April
countenance which proved that she found it natural and pleasant to
be sitting there, with her head on the kind heart that loved her; to
hear herself called "_meine __Error! Hyperlink reference not
valid.__;_" to know that she alone could comfort him for little
Ulla's loss, and fill her empty place.

"They make a very pretty landscape, but too much honey isn't good
for 'em, so I'll go in, and we'll eat, drink, and be merry, in honor
of the night."

He rattled the latch and tramped on the mat to warn them of his
approach, and appeared just as Dolly was skimming into a chair, and
Mr. Bopp picking up the spoons, which he dropped again to meet Dick,
with a face "clear shining after rain;" and kissing him on both
cheeks after the fashion of his country, he said, pointing to
Dolly,--

"See, it is all fine again. I forgif you, and leave all blame to
that bad spirit, Mephistopheles, who has much pranks like that, but
never pays one for their pain, as you haf me. Heart's dearest, come
and say a friendly word to Richart, then we will haf a little
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