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Somehow, as he talked, the world got right again to Jo. The old beliefs, that had lasted so long, seemed better than the new. God was not a blind force, and immortality was not a pretty fable, but a blessed fact. She felt as if she had solid ground under her feet again, and when Mr. Bhaer paused, outtalked but not one whit convinced, Jo wanted to clap her hands and thank him.
They dressed with a view to the large assembly of spectators before whom they were about to appear; and they outtalked the men on political subjects, all the way to the town. The most delightful of surprises was in store for them, when they reached the market hall.
These thoughts made Sheila rather inattentive to other proposals, and she found herself obliged to go down to supper with Orion, since he had outsat and outtalked all the other young men who had hovered about her.
Then she was always loving and affectionate, entirely willing to be outtalked and outshone on every occasion; and that was another advantage. As to Isabella and Emma, the sensation that they made in society was enough to have gratified a dozen ordinary belles.
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