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Pleasant Meadows

           BrookesuddenlyrememberedthatMr.Marchneededrest,andseizingLaurie,heprecipitatelyretired.Thenthetwoinvalidswereorderedtorepose,whichtheydid,bybothsittinginonebigchairandtalkinghard.

           Mr.Marchtoldhowhehadlongedtosurprisethem,andhow,whenthefineweathercame,hehadbeenallowedbyhisdoctortotakeadvantageofit,howdevotedBrookehadbeen,andhowhewasaltogetheramostestimableanduprightyoungman.WhyMr.Marchpausedaminutejustthere,andafteraglanceatMeg,whowasviolentlypokingthefire,lookedathiswifewithaninquiringliftoftheeyebrows,Ileaveyoutoimagine.AlsowhyMrs.Marchgentlynoddedherheadandasked,ratherabruptly,ifhewouldn’tliketohavesomethingtoeat.Josawandunderstoodthelook,andshestalkedgrimlyawaytogetwineandbeeftea,mutteringtoherselfassheslammedthedoor,"Ihateestimableyoungmenwithbrowneyes!"

           ThereneverwassuchaChristmasdinnerastheyhadthatday.Thefatturkeywasasighttobehold,whenHannahsenthimup,stuffed,browned,anddecorated.Sowastheplumpudding,whichmeltedinone’smouth,likewisethejellies,inwhichAmyreveledlikeaflyinahoneypot.Everythingturnedoutwell,whichwasamercy,Hannahsaid,"Formymindwasthatflustered,Mum,thatit’samerrycleIdidn’troastthepudding,andstufftheturkeywithraisins,letalonebilin’ofitinacloth."

           Mr.Laurenceandhisgrandsondinedwiththem,alsoMr.Brooke,atwhomJoglowereddarkly,toLaurie’sinfiniteamusement.

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