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Experiments

           SoMeggavehertheeasychairandtriedtoentertainher,whilesheaskedquestions,criticizedeverything,andtoldstoriesofthepeoplewhomsheknew.

           Languagecannotdescribetheanxieties,experiences,andexertionswhichJounderwentthatmorning,andthedinnersheservedupbecameastandingjoke.Fearingtoaskanymoreadvice,shedidherbestalone,anddiscoveredthatsomethingmorethanenergyandgoodwillisnecessarytomakeacook.Sheboiledtheasparagusforanhourandwasgrievedtofindtheheadscookedoffandthestalksharderthanever.Thebreadburnedblack;forthesaladdressingsoaggravatedherthatshecouldnotmakeitfittoeat.Thelobsterwasascarletmysterytoher,butshehammeredandpokedtillitwasunshelledanditsmeagerproportionsconcealedinagroveoflettuceleaves.Thepotatoeshadtobehurried,nottokeeptheasparaguswaiting,andwerenotdoneatthelast.Theblancmangewaslumpy,andthestrawberriesnotasripeastheylooked,havingbeenskilfully‘deaconed’.

           "Well,theycaneatbeefandbreadandbutter,iftheyarehungry,onlyit’smortifyingtohavetospendyourwholemorningfornothing,"thoughtJo,assherangthebellhalfanhourlaterthanusual,andstood,hot,tired,anddispirited,surveyingthefeastspreadbeforeLaurie,accustomedtoallsortsofelegance,andMissCrocker,whosetattlingtonguewouldreportthemfarandwide.

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