Little Women - 912 Freedom Library

Little Womenfinest flowers till his hands were full. Then he tied themup, saying, with the happy look Jo liked to see, ‘Pleasegive these to your mother, and tell her I like the medicineshe sent me very much.’They found Mr. Laurence standing before the fire inthe great drawing room, by Jo’s attention was entirelyabsorbed by a grand piano, which stood open.‘Do you play?’ she asked, turning to Laurie with arespectful expression.‘Sometimes,’ he answered modestly.‘Please do now. I want to hear it, so I can tell Beth.’‘Won’t you first?’‘Don’t know how. Too stupid to learn, but I lovemusic dearly.’So Laurie played and Jo listened, with her noseluxuriously buried in heliotrope and tea roses. Her respectand regard for the ‘Laurence’ boy increased very much, forhe played remarkably well and didn’t put on any airs. Shewished Beth could hear him, but she did not say so, onlypraised him till he was quite abashed, and his grandfathercame to his rescue.‘That will do, that will do, young lady. too manysugarplums are not good for him. His music isn’t bad, butI hope he will do as well in more important things.95 of 861