Little Women - 912 Freedom Library

Little Womenoccasional lifts over hard parts. She was a nimble littleneedlewoman, and they were finished before anyone gottired of them. Then she wrote a short, simple note, andwith Laurie’s help, got them smuggled onto the studytable one morning before the old gentleman was up.When this excitement was over, Beth waited to seewhat would happen. All day passed a a part of the nextbefore any acknowledgement arrived, and she wasbeginning to fear she had offended her crochety friend.On the afternoon of the second day, she went out to doan errand, and give poor Joanna, the invalid doll, her dailyexercise. As she came up the street, on her return, she sawthree, yes, four heads popping in and out of the parlorwindows, and the moment they saw her, several handswere waved, and several joyful voices screamed...‘Here’s a letter from the old gentleman! Come quick,and read it!’‘Oh, Beth, he’s sent you...’ began Amy, gesticulatingwith unseemly energy, but she got no further, for Joquenched her by slamming down the window.Beth hurried on in a flutter of suspense. At the doorher sisters seized and bore her to the parlor in a triumphalprocession, all pointing and all saying at once, ‘Look there!Look there!’ Beth did look, and turned pale with delight107 of 861