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Little Women - 912 Freedom Library

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<strong>Little</strong> <strong>Women</strong>but I want you to know all the dreadful things I did at theMoffats’.’‘We are prepared,’ said Mrs. March, smiling butlooking a little anxious.‘I told you they dressed me up, but I didn’t tell youthat they powdered and squeezed and frizzled, and mademe look like a fashion plate. Laurie thought I wasn’tproper. I know he did, though he didn’t say so, and oneman called me ‘a doll’. I knew it was silly, but theyflattered me and said I was a beauty, and quantities ofnonsense, so I let them make a fool of me.’‘Is that all?’ asked Jo, as Mrs. March looked silently atthe downcast face of her pretty daughter, and could notfind it in her heart to blame her little follies.‘No, I drank champagne and romped and tried to flirt,and was altogether abominable,’ said Meg selfreproachfully.‘There is something more, I think.’ And Mrs. Marchsmoothed the soft cheek, which suddenly grew rosy asMeg answered slowly...‘Yes. It’s very silly, but I want to tell it, because I hateto have people say and think such things about us andLaurie.’167 of 861

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