Маленькие женщины

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           Ambitiousmencaughtglimpsesofnoblerambitionsthantheirown,andevenworldlingsconfessedthathisbeliefswerebeautifulandtrue,although‘theywouldn’tpay’.

           Tooutsidersthefiveenergeticwomenseemedtorulethehouse,andsotheydidinmanythings,butthequietscholar,sittingamonghisbooks,wasstilltheheadofthefamily,thehouseholdconscience,anchor,andcomforter,fortohimthebusy,anxiouswomenalwaysturnedintroubloustimes,findinghim,inthetruestsenseofthosesacredwords,husbandandfather.

           Thegirlsgavetheirheartsintotheirmother’skeeping,theirsoulsintotheirfather’s,andtobothparents,wholivedandlaboredsofaithfullyforthem,theygavealovethatgrewwiththeirgrowthandboundthemtenderlytogetherbythesweetesttiewhichblesseslifeandoutlivesdeath.

           Mrs.Marchisasbriskandcheery,thoughrathergrayer,thanwhenwesawherlast,andjustnowsoabsorbedinMeg’saffairsthatthehospitalsandhomesstillfullofwounded‘boys’andsoldiers’widows,decidedlymissthemotherlymissionary’svisits.

           JohnBrookedidhisdutymanfullyforayear,gotwounded,wassenthome,andnotallowedtoreturn.Hereceivednostarsorbars,buthedeservedthem,forhecheerfullyriskedallhehad,andlifeandloveareverypreciouswhenbothareinfullbloom.Perfectlyresignedtohisdischarge,hedevotedhimselftogettingwell,preparingforbusiness,andearningahomeforMeg.

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