Little Women - 912 Freedom Library

Little Womenabsent mind, and aching head, and a very decideddisapproval of everybody and everything would allow, andas she wearily dressed, Amy cheered herself withanticipations of the happy moment when, lunch safelyover, she should drive away with her friends for anafternoon of artistic delights, for the ‘cherry bounce’ andthe broken bridge were her strong points.Then came the hours of suspense, during which shevibrated from parlor to porch, while public opinion variedlike the weathercock. A smart shower at eleven hadevidently quenched the enthusiasm of the young ladieswho were to arrive at twelve, for nobody came, and attwo the exhausted family sat down in a blaze of sunshineto consume the perishable portions of the feast, thatnothing might be lost.‘No doubt about the weather today, they will certainlycome, so we must fly round and be ready for them,’ saidAmy, as the sun woke her next morning. She spokebriskly, but in her secret soul she wished she had saidnothing about Tuesday, for her interest like her cake wasgetting a little stale.‘I can’t get any lobsters, so you will have to do withoutsalad today,’ said Mr. March, coming in half an hour later,with an expression of placid despair.458 of 861