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<strong>Little</strong> <strong>Women</strong>the ear—the ear! Just fancy how horrid!—and led her tothe recitation platform, and made her stand there half andhour, holding the slate so everyone could see.’‘Didn’t the girls laugh at the picture?’ asked Jo, whorelished the scrape.‘Laugh? Not one! They sat still as mice, and Susie criedquarts, I know she did. I didn’t envy her then, for I feltthat millions of carnelian rings wouldn’t have made mehappy after that. I never, never should have got over sucha agonizing mortification.’ And Amy went on with herwork, in the proud consciousness of virtue and thesuccessful utterance of two long words in a breath.‘I saw something I liked this morning, and I meant totell it at dinner, but I forgot,’ said Beth, putting Jo’s topsyturvybasket in order as she talked. ‘When I went to getsome oysters for Hannah, Mr. Laurence was in the fishshop, but he didn’t see me, for I kept behind the fishbarrel, and he was busy with Mr. Cutter the fishman. Apoor woman came in with a pail a mop, and asked Mr.Cutter if he would let her do some scrubbing for a bit offish, because she hadn&#x2019;t any dinner for herchildren, and had been disappointed of a day’s work. Mr.Cutter was in a hurry and said ‘No’, rather crossly, so shewas going away, looking hungry and sorry, when Mr.74 of 861

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