Answer:
inventing a deceased relative with an inheritance to pass along
Explanation:
In chapter 44 of Little Women
Amy looked up at him, and was satisfied. Her little jealous fear
vanished forever, and she thanked him, with a face full of love and
confidence.
"I wish we could do something for that capital old Professor.
Couldn't we invent a rich relation, who shall obligingly die out there
in Germany, and leave him a tidy little fortune?" said Laurie, when
they began to pace up and down the long drawing room, arm in
arm, as they were fond of doing, in memory of the chateau garden.
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