Read the passage below from little women where meg overhears her friend’s mother and another guest gossiping about her and laurie and answer the question. "how old is he? " "sixteen or seventeen, i should say," replied another voice. "it would be a grand thing for one of those girls, wouldn't it? sallie says they are very intimate now, and the old man quite dotes on them." "mrs. m. has made her plans, i dare say, and will play her cards well, early as it is. the girl evidently doesn't think of it yet," said mrs. moffat. in this passage, the gossipers suggest, incorrectly, that mrs. march is trying to arrange a marriage between one of her girls and laurie for his wealth laurie is far too young for meg’s tastes mrs. march wishes to marry the older mr. laurence meg is far below laurie’s social standing