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Little Women - 912 Freedom Library

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<strong>Little</strong> <strong>Women</strong>managed to save himself by frank confession, honorableatonement, or the irresistible power of persuasion whichhe possessed in perfection. In fact, he rather prided himselfon his narrow escapes, and liked to thrill the girls withgraphic accounts of his triumphs over wrathful tutors,dignified professors, and vanquished enemies. The ‘men ofmy class’, were heroes in the eyes of the girls, who neverwearied of the exploits of ‘our fellows’, and werefrequently allowed to bask in the smiles of these greatcreatures, when Laurie brought them home with him.Amy especially enjoyed this high honor, and becamequite a belle among them, for her ladyship early felt andlearned to use the gift of fascination with which she wasendowed. Meg was too much absorbed in her private andparticular John to care for any other lords of creation, andBeth too shy to do more than peep at them and wonderhow Amy dared to order them about so, but Jo felt quitein her own element, and found it very difficult to refrainfrom imitating the gentlemanly attitudes, phrases, andfeats, which seemed more natural to her than thedecorums prescribed for young ladies. They all liked Joimmensely, but never fell in love with her, though veryfew escaped without paying the tribute of a sentimental420 of 861

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