Little Women - 912 Freedom Library

Little Womenunfortunate fete had disappeared, except a suspiciouspucker about the corners of Jo’s mouth.‘You’ve had a loverly afternoon for your drive, dear,’said her mother, as respectfully as if the whole twelve hadcome.‘Miss Eliott is a very sweet girl, and seemed to enjoyherself, I thought,’ observed Beth, with unusual warmth.‘Could you spare me some of your cake? I really needsome, I have so much company, and I can’t make suchdelicious stuff as yours,’ asked Meg soberly.‘Take it all. I’m the only one here who likes sweetthings, and it will mold before I can dispose of it,’answered Amy, thinking with a sigh of the generous storeshe had laid in for such an end as this.‘It’s a pity Laurie isn’t here to help us,’ began Jo, asthey sat down to ice cream and salad for the second timein two days.A warning look from her mother checked any furtherremarks, and the whole family ate in heroic silence, tillMr. March mildly observed, ‘salad was one of the favoritedishes of the ancients, and Evelyn...’ Here a generalexplosion of laughter cut short the ‘history of salads’, tothe great surprise of the learned gentleman.463 of 861