We'll have capital times after she is gone, for I shall be through college before long, and then we'll go abroad on some nice trip or other.

Wouldn't that console you ?" "I rather think it would, but there's no knowing what may happen in three years," said Jo thoughtfully.
"That's true.

Don't you wish you could take a look forward and see where we shall all be then?
I do," returned Laurie.
"I think not, for I might see something sad, and everyone looks so happy now, I don't believe they could be much improved." And Jo's eyes went slowly round the room, brightening as they looked, for the prospect was a pleasant one.
Father and Mother sat together, quietly reliving the first chapter of the romance which for them began some twenty years ago.

Amy was drawing the lovers, who sat apart in a beautiful world of their own, the light of which touched their faces with a grace the little artist could not copy.

Beth lay on her sofa, talking cheerily with her old friend, who held her little hand as if he felt that it possessed the power to lead him along the peaceful way she walked.