Маленькие женщины

Artistic Attempts

           Hermonstrositiesinthewayofcattlewouldhavetakenprizesatanagriculturalfair,andtheperilouspitchingofhervesselswouldhaveproducedseasicknessinthemostnauticalobserver,iftheutterdisregardtoallknownrulesofshipbuildingandrigginghadnotconvulsedhimwithlaughteratthefirstglance.Swarthyboysanddark-eyedMadonnas,staringatyoufromonecornerofthestudio,suggestedMurillo;oilybrownshadowsoffaceswithaluridstreakinthewrongplace,meantRembrandt;buxomladiesanddropiscalinfants,Rubens;andTurnerappearedintempestsofbluethunder,orangelightning,brownrain,andpurpleclouds,withatomato-coloredsplashinthemiddle,whichmightbethesunorabouy,asailor’sshirtoraking’srobe,asthespectatorpleased.

           Charcoalportraitscamenext,andtheentirefamilyhunginarow,lookingaswildandcrockyasifjustevokedfromacoalbin.Softenedintocrayonsketches,theydidbetter,forthelikenessesweregood,andAmy’shair,Jo’snose,Meg’smouth,andLaurie’seyeswerepronounced‘wonderfullyfine’.Areturntoclayandplasterfollowed,andghostlycastsofheracquaintanceshauntedcornersofthehouse,ortumbledoffclosetshelvesontopeople’sheads.Childrenwereenticedinasmodels,tilltheirincoherentaccountsofhermysteriousdoingscausedMissAmytoberegardedinthelightofayoungogress.Hereffortsinthisline,however,werebroughttoanabruptclosebyanuntowardaccident,whichquenchedherardor.

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