Little Women - 912 Freedom Library

Little Womenoff as before, and this arrangement left Jo companionless.She did not mind it at the minute, for she lingered toanswer Hannah’s eager inquiry.‘Will Miss Amy ride in her coop (coupe), and use allthem lovely silver dishes that’s stored away over yander?’‘Shouldn’t wonder if she drove six white horses, ate offgold plate, and wore diamonds and point lace every day.Teddy thinks nothing too good for her,’ returned Jo withinfinite satisfaction.‘No more there is! Will you have hash or fishballs forbreakfast?’ asked Hannah, who wisely mingled poetry andprose.‘I don’t care.’ And Jo shut the door, feeling that foodwas an uncongenial topic just then. She stood a minutelooking at the party vanishing above, and as Demi’s shortplaid legs toiled up the last stair, a sudden sense of lonlinesscame over her so strongly that she looked about her withdim eyes, as if to find something to lean upon, for evenTeddy had deserted her. If she had known what birthdaygift was coming every minute nearer and nearer, shewould not have said to herself, ‘I’ll weep a little weepwhen I go to bed. It won’t do to be dismal now.’ Thenshe drew her hand over her eyes, for one of her boyishhabits was never to know where her handkerchief was,789 of 861