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Meg Goes to Vanity Fair

           The‘queerfeeling’didnotpassaway,butsheimaginedherselfactingthenewpartoffineladyandsogotonprettywell,thoughthetightdressgaveheraside-ache,thetrainkeptgettingunderherfeet,andshewasinconstantfearlestherearringsshouldflyoffandgetlostorbroken.Shewasflirtingherfanandlaughingatthefeeblejokesofayounggentlemanwhotriedtobewitty,whenshesuddenlystoppedlaughingandlookedconfused,forjustopposite,shesawLaurie.Hewasstaringatherwithundisguisedsurprise,anddisapprovalalso,shethought,forthoughhebowedandsmiled,yetsomethinginhishonesteyesmadeherblushandwishshehadherolddresson.Tocompleteherconfusion,shesawBellenudgeAnnie,andbothglancefromhertoLaurie,who,shewashappytosee,lookedunusuallyboyishandshy.

           "Sillycreatures,toputsuchthoughtsintomyhead.Iwon’tcareforit,orletitchangemeabit,"thoughtMeg,andrustledacrosstheroomtoshakehandswithherfriend.

           "I’mgladyoucame,Iwasafraidyouwouldn’t."shesaid,withhermostgrown-upair.

           "Jowantedmetocome,andtellherhowyoulooked,soIdid,"answeredLaurie,withoutturninghiseyesuponher,thoughhehalfsmiledathermaternaltone.

           "Whatshallyoutellher?"askedMeg,fullofcuriositytoknowhisopinionofher,yetfeelingillateasewithhimforthefirsttime.

           "IshallsayIdidn’tknowyou,foryoulooksogrown-upandunlikeyourself,I’mquiteafraidofyou,"hesaid,fumblingathisglovebutton.

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