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Little Women - 912 Freedom Library

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<strong>Little</strong> <strong>Women</strong>CHAPTER THIRTYMrs. Chester’s fair was so very elegant and select that itwas considered a great honor by the young ladies of theneighborhood to be invited to take a table, and everyonewas much interest in the matter. Amy was asked, but Jowas not, which was fortunate for all parties, as her elbowswere decidedly akimbo at this period of her life, and ittook a good many hard knocks to teach her how to get oneasily. The ‘haughty, uninteresting creature’ was letseverely alone, but Amy’s talent and taste were dulycomplimented by the offer of the art table, and she exertedherself to prepare and secure appropriate and valuablecontributions to it.Everything went on smoothly till the day before thefair opened, then there occurred one of the littleskirmishes which it is almost impossible to avoid, whensome five-and-twenty women, old and young, with alltheir private piques and prejudices, try to work together.May Chester was rather jealous of Amy because thelatter was a greater favorite than herself, and just at thistime several trifling circumstances occurred to increase thefeeling. Amy’s dainty pen-and-ink work entirely eclipsed526 of 861

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