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Little Women - 912 Freedom Library

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<strong>Little</strong> <strong>Women</strong>take good care of her, and a little pleasure seemed sodelightful after a winter of irksome work that the motheryielded, and the daughter went to take her first taste offashionable life.The Moffats were very fashionable, and simple Megwas rather daunted, at first, by the splendor of the houseand the elegance of its occupants. But they were kindlypeople, in spite of the frivolous life they led, and soon puttheir guest at her ease. Perhaps Meg felt, withoutunderstanding why, that they were not particularlycultivated or intelligent people, and that all their gildingcould not quite conceal the ordinary material of whichthey were made. It certainly was agreeable to faresumptuously, drive in a fine carriage, wear her best frockevery day, and do nothing but enjoy herself. It suited herexactly, and soon she began to imitate the manners andconversation of those about her, to put on little airs andgraces, use French phrases, crimp her hair, take in herdresses, and talk about the fashions as well as she could.The more she saw of Annie Moffat’s pretty things, themore she envied her and sighed to be rich. Home nowlooked bare and dismal as she thought of it, work grewharder than ever, and she felt that she was a very destitute148 of 861

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