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Meg Goes to Vanity Fair

           SomethinginthemannerofherfriendsstruckMegatonce.Theytreatedherwithmorerespect,shethought,tookquiteatenderinterestinwhatshesaid,andlookedatherwitheyesthatplainlybetrayedcuriosity.Allthissurprisedandflatteredher,thoughshedidnotunderstandittillMissBellelookedupfromherwriting,andsaid,withasentimentalair...

           "Daisy,dear,I’vesentaninvitationtoyourfriend,Mr.Laurence,forThursday.Weshouldliketoknowhim,andit’sonlyapropercomplimenttoyou."

           Megcolored,butamischievousfancytoteasethegirlsmadeherreplydemurely,"Youareverykind,butI’mafraidhewon’tcome."

           "Whynot,Cherie?"askedMissBelle.

           "He’stooold."

           "Mychild,whatdoyoumean?Whatishisage,Ibegtoknow!"criedMissClara.

           "Nearlyseventy,Ibelieve,"answeredMeg,countingstitchestohidethemerrimentinhereyes.

           "Youslycreature!Ofcoursewemeanttheyoungman,"exclaimedMissBelle,laughing.

           "Thereisn’tany,Laurieisonlyalittleboy."AndMeglaughedalsoatthequeerlookwhichthesistersexchangedasshethusdescribedhersupposedlover.

           "Aboutyourage,"Nansaid.

           "NearermysisterJo’s;IamseventeeninAugust,"returnedMeg,tossingherhead.

           "It’sveryniceofhimtosendyouflowers,isn’tit?"saidAnnie,lookingwiseaboutnothing.

           "Yes,heoftendoes,toallofus,fortheirhouseisfull,andwearesofondofthem.MymotherandoldMr.

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