Маленькие женщины

Experiments

           Thewalkrevivedherspirits,andflatteringherselfthatshehadmadegoodbargains,shetrudgedhomeagain,afterbuyingaveryyounglobster,someveryoldasparagus,andtwoboxesofacidstrawberries.Bythetimeshegotclearedup,thedinnerarrivedandthestovewasred-hot.Hannahhadleftapanofbreadtorise,Meghadworkeditupearly,setitonthehearthforasecondrising,andforgottenit.MegwasentertainingSallieGardinerintheparlor,whenthedoorflewopenandafloury,crocky,flushed,anddisheveledfigureappeared,demandingtartly...

           "Isay,isn’tbread‘riz’enoughwhenitrunsoverthepans?"

           Salliebegantolaugh,butMegnoddedandliftedhereyebrowsashighastheywouldgo,whichcausedtheapparitiontovanishandputthesourbreadintotheovenwithoutfurtherdelay.Mrs.Marchwentout,afterpeepinghereandtheretoseehowmatterswent,alsosayingawordofcomforttoBeth,whosatmakingawindingsheet,whilethedeardepartedlayinstateinthedominobox.AstraLanguagecannotdescribengesenseofhelplessnessfelluponthegirlsasthegraybonnetvanishedroundthecorner,anddespairseizedthemwhenafewminuteslaterMissCrockerappeared,andsaidshe’dcometodinner.Nowthisladywasathin,yellowspinster,withasharpnoseandinquisitiveeyes,whosaweverythingandgossipedaboutallshesaw.Theydislikedher,buthadbeentaughttobekindtoher,simplybecauseshewasoldandpoorandhadfewfriends.

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