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200 | Meg danced and flirted, chattered and giggled, as the other girls did. | shards/shard_0008.pt:200 | jenny | 56 |
201 | After supper she undertook the German, and blundered through it, nearly upsetting her partner with her long skirt, and romping in a way that scandalized Laurie, who looked on and meditated a lecture. | shards/shard_0009.pt:201 | jenny | 157 |
202 | But he got no chance to deliver it, for Meg kept away from him till he came to say good night. | shards/shard_0010.pt:202 | jenny | 73 |
203 | she said, trying to smile, for the splitting headache had already begun. | shards/shard_0011.pt:203 | jenny | 58 |
204 | 'Silence a la mort,' replied Laurie, with a melodramatic flourish, as he went away. | shards/shard_0012.pt:204 | jenny | 68 |
205 | This little bit of byplay excited Annie's curiosity, but Meg was too tired for gossip and went to bed, feeling as if she had been to a masquerade and hadn't enjoyed herself as much as she expected. | shards/shard_0013.pt:205 | jenny | 167 |
206 | She was sick all the next day, and on Saturday went home, quite used up with her fortnight's fun and feeling that she had 'sat in the lap of luxury' long enough. | shards/shard_0014.pt:206 | jenny | 127 |
207 | 'It does seem pleasant to be quiet, and not have company manners on all the time. | shards/shard_0015.pt:207 | jenny | 64 |
208 | Home is a nice place, though it isn't splendid,' said Meg, looking about her with a restful expression, as she sat with her mother and Jo on the Sunday evening. | shards/shard_0000.pt:208 | jenny | 121 |
209 | Parsons, his attention caught by the trumpet call, sat listening with a sort of gaping solemnity, a sort of edified boredom. | shards/shard_0001.pt:209 | jenny | 96 |
210 | 'I'm glad to hear you say so, dear, for I was afraid home would seem dull and poor to you after your fine quarters,' replied her mother, who had given her many anxious looks that day. | shards/shard_0002.pt:210 | jenny | 145 |
211 | For motherly eyes are quick to see any change in children's faces. | shards/shard_0003.pt:211 | jenny | 49 |
212 | As the clock struck nine and Jo proposed bed, Meg suddenly left her chair and, taking Beth's stool, leaned her elbows on her mother's knee, saying bravely... | shards/shard_0004.pt:212 | jenny | 141 |
213 | 'Marmee, I want to 'fess'.' | shards/shard_0005.pt:213 | jenny | 25 |
214 | What is it, dear?' | shards/shard_0006.pt:214 | jenny | 13 |
215 | 'Shall I go away?' | shards/shard_0007.pt:215 | jenny | 14 |
216 | asked Jo discreetly. | shards/shard_0008.pt:216 | jenny | 18 |
217 | 'Of course not. | shards/shard_0009.pt:217 | jenny | 13 |
218 | Don't I always tell you everything? | shards/shard_0010.pt:218 | jenny | 23 |
219 | I was ashamed to speak of it before the younger children, but I want you to know all the dreadful things I did at the Moffats'.' | shards/shard_0011.pt:219 | jenny | 88 |
220 | He could not follow the figures, but he was aware that they were in some way a cause for satisfaction. | shards/shard_0012.pt:220 | jenny | 66 |
221 | To mark the paper was the decisive act. | shards/shard_0013.pt:221 | jenny | 25 |
222 | 'We are prepared,' said Mrs. March, smiling but looking a little anxious. | shards/shard_0014.pt:222 | jenny | 56 |
223 | 'I told you they dressed me up, but I didn't tell you that they powdered and squeezed and frizzled, and made me look like a fashion-plate. | shards/shard_0015.pt:223 | jenny | 98 |
224 | Laurie thought I wasn't proper. | shards/shard_0000.pt:224 | jenny | 24 |
225 | I know he did, though he didn't say so, and one man called me 'a doll'. | shards/shard_0001.pt:225 | jenny | 60 |
226 | I knew it was silly, but they flattered me and said I was a beauty, and quantities of nonsense, so I let them make a fool of me.' | shards/shard_0002.pt:226 | jenny | 102 |
227 | asked Jo, as Mrs. March looked silently at the downcast face of her pretty daughter, and could not find it in her heart to blame her little follies. | shards/shard_0003.pt:227 | jenny | 115 |
228 | 'No, I drank champagne and romped and tried to flirt, and was altogether abominable,' said Meg self-reproachfully. | shards/shard_0004.pt:228 | jenny | 100 |
229 | 'There is something more, I think.' | shards/shard_0005.pt:229 | jenny | 20 |
230 | And Mrs. March smoothed the soft cheek, which suddenly grew rosy as Meg answered slowly... | shards/shard_0006.pt:230 | jenny | 78 |
231 | It's very silly, but I want to tell it, because I hate to have people say and think such things about us and Laurie.' | shards/shard_0007.pt:231 | jenny | 91 |
232 | He had lugged out a huge and filthy pipe which was already half full of charred tobacco. | shards/shard_0008.pt:232 | jenny | 62 |
233 | 'Well, if that isn't the greatest rubbish I ever heard,' cried Jo indignantly. | shards/shard_0009.pt:233 | jenny | 66 |
234 | 'Why didn't you pop out and tell them so on the spot?' | shards/shard_0010.pt:234 | jenny | 40 |
235 | 'I couldn't, it was so embarrassing for me. | shards/shard_0011.pt:235 | jenny | 34 |
236 | I couldn't help hearing at first, and then I was so angry and ashamed, I didn't remember that I ought to go away.' | shards/shard_0012.pt:236 | jenny | 89 |
237 | 'Just wait till I see Annie Moffat, and I'll show you how to settle such ridiculous stuff. | shards/shard_0013.pt:237 | jenny | 66 |
238 | The idea of having 'plans' and being kind to Laurie because he's rich and may marry us by-and-by! | shards/shard_0014.pt:238 | jenny | 80 |
239 | Won't he shout when I tell him what those silly things say about us poor children?' | shards/shard_0015.pt:239 | jenny | 58 |
240 | And Jo laughed, as if on second thoughts the thing struck her as a good joke. | shards/shard_0000.pt:240 | jenny | 62 |
241 | 'If you tell Laurie, I'll never forgive you! | shards/shard_0001.pt:241 | jenny | 30 |
242 | She mustn't, must she, Mother?' | shards/shard_0002.pt:242 | jenny | 23 |
243 | said Meg, looking distressed. | shards/shard_0003.pt:243 | jenny | 25 |
244 | 'No, never repeat that foolish gossip, and forget it as soon as you can,' said Mrs. March gravely. | shards/shard_0004.pt:244 | jenny | 85 |
245 | 'I was very unwise to let you go among people of whom I know so little, kind, I dare say, but worldly, ill-bred, and full of these vulgar ideas about young people. | shards/shard_0005.pt:245 | jenny | 138 |
246 | I am more sorry than I can express for the mischief this visit may have done you, Meg.' | shards/shard_0006.pt:246 | jenny | 61 |
247 | 'Don't be sorry, I won't let it hurt me. | shards/shard_0007.pt:247 | jenny | 34 |
248 | I'll forget all the bad and remember only the good, for I did enjoy a great deal, and thank you very much for letting me go. | shards/shard_0008.pt:248 | jenny | 95 |
249 | I'll not be sentimental or dissatisfied, Mother. | shards/shard_0009.pt:249 | jenny | 42 |
250 | I know I'm a silly little girl, and I'll stay with you till I'm fit to take care of myself. | shards/shard_0010.pt:250 | jenny | 71 |
251 | But it is nice to be praised and admired, and I can't help saying I like it,' said Meg, looking half ashamed of the confession. | shards/shard_0011.pt:251 | jenny | 104 |
252 | 'That is perfectly natural, and quite harmless, if the liking does not become a passion and lead one to do foolish or unmaidenly things. | shards/shard_0012.pt:252 | jenny | 110 |
253 | Winston was smoking a Victory Cigarette which he held carefully horizontal. | shards/shard_0013.pt:253 | jenny | 50 |
254 | Learn to know and value the praise which is worth having, and to excite the admiration of excellent people by being modest as well as pretty, Meg.' | shards/shard_0014.pt:254 | jenny | 114 |
255 | And Jo felt as if during that fortnight her sister had grown up amazingly, and was drifting away from her into a world where she could not follow. | shards/shard_0015.pt:255 | jenny | 118 |
256 | 'Mother, do you have 'plans', as Mrs. Moffat said?' | shards/shard_0000.pt:256 | jenny | 43 |
257 | asked Meg bashfully. | shards/shard_0001.pt:257 | jenny | 20 |
258 | 'Yes, my dear, I have a great many, all mothers do, but mine differ somewhat from Mrs. Moffat's, I suspect. | shards/shard_0002.pt:258 | jenny | 98 |
259 | I will tell you some of them, for the time has come when a word may set this romantic little head and heart of yours right, on a very serious subject. | shards/shard_0003.pt:259 | jenny | 118 |
260 | You are young, Meg, but not too young to understand me, and mothers' lips are the fittest to speak of such things to girls like you. | shards/shard_0004.pt:260 | jenny | 98 |
261 | Jo, your turn will come in time, perhaps, so listen to my 'plans' and help me carry them out, if they are good.' | shards/shard_0005.pt:261 | jenny | 96 |
262 | Jo went and sat on one arm of the chair, looking as if she thought they were about to join in some very solemn affair. | shards/shard_0006.pt:262 | jenny | 86 |
263 | Holding a hand of each, and watching the two young faces wistfully, Mrs. March said, in her serious yet cheery way... | shards/shard_0007.pt:263 | jenny | 103 |
264 | The new ration did not start till tomorrow and he had only four cigarettes left. | shards/shard_0008.pt:264 | jenny | 54 |
265 | 'I want my daughters to be beautiful, accomplished, and good. | shards/shard_0009.pt:265 | jenny | 46 |
266 | To be admired, loved, and respected. | shards/shard_0010.pt:266 | jenny | 32 |
267 | To have a happy youth, to be well and wisely married, and to lead useful, pleasant lives, with as little care and sorrow to try them as God sees fit to send. | shards/shard_0011.pt:267 | jenny | 136 |
268 | To be loved and chosen by a good man is the best and sweetest thing which can happen to a woman, and I sincerely hope my girls may know this beautiful experience. | shards/shard_0012.pt:268 | jenny | 125 |
269 | It is natural to think of it, Meg, right to hope and wait for it, and wise to prepare for it, so that when the happy time comes, you may feel ready for the duties and worthy of the joy. | shards/shard_0013.pt:269 | jenny | 150 |
270 | My dear girls, I am ambitious for you, but not to have you make a dash in the world, marry rich men merely because they are rich, or have splendid houses, which are not homes because love is wanting. | shards/shard_0014.pt:270 | jenny | 168 |
271 | Money is a needful and precious thing, and when well used, a noble thing, but I never want you to think it is the first or only prize to strive for. | shards/shard_0015.pt:271 | jenny | 130 |
272 | I'd rather see you poor men's wives, if you were happy, beloved, contented, than queens on thrones, without self-respect and peace.' | shards/shard_0000.pt:272 | jenny | 110 |
273 | 'Poor girls don't stand any chance, Belle says, unless they put themselves forward,' sighed Meg. | shards/shard_0001.pt:273 | jenny | 78 |
274 | 'Then we'll be old maids,' said Jo stoutly. | shards/shard_0002.pt:274 | jenny | 47 |
275 | For the moment he had shut his ears to the remoter noises and was listening to the stuff that streamed out of the telescreen. | shards/shard_0003.pt:275 | jenny | 79 |
276 | Better be happy old maids than unhappy wives, or unmaidenly girls, running about to find husbands,' said Mrs. March decidedly. | shards/shard_0004.pt:276 | jenny | 113 |
277 | 'Don't be troubled, Meg, poverty seldom daunts a sincere lover. | shards/shard_0005.pt:277 | jenny | 49 |
278 | Some of the best and most honored women I know were poor girls, but so love-worthy that they were not allowed to be old maids. | shards/shard_0006.pt:278 | jenny | 96 |
279 | Leave these things to time. | shards/shard_0007.pt:279 | jenny | 22 |
280 | Make this home happy, so that you may be fit for homes of your own, if they are offered you, and contented here if they are not. | shards/shard_0008.pt:280 | jenny | 106 |
281 | One thing remember, my girls. | shards/shard_0009.pt:281 | jenny | 27 |
282 | Mother is always ready to be your confidant, Father to be your friend, and both of us hope and trust that our daughters, whether married or single, will be the pride and comfort of our lives.' | shards/shard_0010.pt:282 | jenny | 149 |
283 | 'We will, Marmee, we will!' | shards/shard_0011.pt:283 | jenny | 22 |
284 | cried both, with all their hearts, as she bade them good night. | shards/shard_0012.pt:284 | jenny | 48 |
285 | As spring came on, a new set of amusements became the fashion, and the lengthening days gave long afternoons for work and play of all sorts. | shards/shard_0013.pt:285 | jenny | 115 |
286 | It appeared that there had even been demonstrations to thank Big Brother for raising the chocolate ration to twenty grammes a week. | shards/shard_0014.pt:286 | jenny | 86 |
287 | The garden had to be put in order, and each sister had a quarter of the little plot to do what she liked with. | shards/shard_0015.pt:287 | jenny | 86 |
288 | Hannah used to say, 'I'd know which each of them gardings belonged to, ef I see 'em in Chiny,' and so she might, for the girls' tastes differed as much as their characters. | shards/shard_0000.pt:288 | jenny | 142 |
289 | Meg's had roses and heliotrope, myrtle, and a little orange tree in it. | shards/shard_0001.pt:289 | jenny | 64 |
290 | Jo's bed was never alike two seasons, for she was always trying experiments. | shards/shard_0002.pt:290 | jenny | 66 |
291 | This year it was to be a plantation of sun flowers, the seeds of which cheerful and aspiring plant were to feed Aunt Cockle-top and her family of chicks. | shards/shard_0003.pt:291 | jenny | 137 |
292 | Beth had old-fashioned fragrant flowers in her garden, sweet peas and mignonette, larkspur, pinks, pansies, and southernwood, with chickweed for the birds and catnip for the pussies. | shards/shard_0004.pt:292 | jenny | 158 |
293 | Gardening, walks, rows on the river, and flower hunts employed the fine days, and for rainy ones, they had house diversions, some old, some new, all more or less original. | shards/shard_0005.pt:293 | jenny | 155 |
294 | One of these was the 'P.C. | shards/shard_0006.pt:294 | jenny | 24 |
295 | ', for as secret societies were the fashion, it was thought proper to have one, and as all of the girls admired Dickens, they called themselves the Pickwick Club. | shards/shard_0007.pt:295 | jenny | 126 |
296 | in different colors on each, and the weekly newspaper called, The Pickwick Portfolio, to which all contributed something, while Jo, who reveled in pens and ink, was the editor. | shards/shard_0008.pt:296 | jenny | 143 |
297 | And only yesterday, he reflected, it had been announced that the ration was to be reduced to twenty grammes a week. | shards/shard_0009.pt:297 | jenny | 73 |
298 | At seven o'clock, the four members ascended to the clubroom, tied their badges round their heads, and took their seats with great solemnity. | shards/shard_0010.pt:298 | jenny | 108 |
299 | 'THE PICKWICK PORTFOLIO' | shards/shard_0011.pt:299 | jenny | 22 |
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