Маленькие женщины

Friend

           Justthenshewasboth,foritwasperfectlyevidentfromtheknowingglancesexchangedamongthegentlementhatherlittlefictionof‘myfriend’wasconsideredagoodjoke,andalaugh,producedbysomeinaudibleremarkoftheeditor,asheclosedthedoor,completedherdiscomfiture.Halfresolvingnevertoreturn,shewenthome,andworkedoffherirritationbystitchingpinaforesvigorously,andinanhourortwowascoolenoughtolaughoverthesceneandlongfornextweek.

           Whenshewentagain,Mr.Dashwoodwasalone,whereatsherejoiced.Mr.Dashwoodwasmuchwiderawakethanbefore,whichwasagreeable,andMr.Dashwoodwasnottoodeeplyabsorbedinacigartorememberhismanners,sothesecondinterviewwasmuchmorecomfortablethanthefirst.

           "We’lltakethis(editorsneversayI),ifyoudon’tobjecttoafewalterations.It’stoolong,butomittingthepassagesI’vemarkedwillmakeitjusttherightlength,"hesaid,inabusinessliketone.

           JohardlyknewherownMS.again,socrumpledandunderscoredwereitspagesandparagraphs,butfeelingasatenderparentmightonbeingaskedtocutoffherbaby’slegsinorderthatitmightfitintoanewcradle,shelookedatthemarkedpassagesandwassurprisedtofindthatallthemoralreflectionswhichshehadcarefullyputinasballastformuchromancehadbeenstrickenout.

           "But,Sir,Ithoughteverystoryshouldhavesomesortofamoral,soItookcaretohaveafewofmysinnersrepent.

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