Маленькие женщины

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           HelookedlikeanItalian,wasdressedlikeanEnglishman,andhadtheindependentairofanAmericanacombinationwhichcausedsundrypairsoffeminineeyestolookapprovinglyafterhim,andsundrydandiesinblackvelvetsuits,withrose-coloredneckties,buffgloves,andorangeflowersintheirbuttonholes,toshrugtheirshoulders,andthenenvyhimhisinches.Therewereplentyofprettyfacestoadmire,buttheyoungmantooklittlenoticeofthem,excepttoglancenowandthenatsomeblondegirlinblue.Presentlyhestrolledoutofthepromenadeandstoodamomentatthecrossing,asifundecidedwhethertogoandlistentothebandintheJardinPublique,ortowanderalongthebeachtowardCastleHill.Thequicktrotofponies’feetmadehimlookup,asoneofthelittlecarriages,containingasingleyounglady,camerapidlydownthestreet.Theladywasyoung,blonde,anddressedinblue.Hestaredaminute,thenhiswholefacewokeup,and,wavinghishatlikeaboy,hehurriedforwardtomeether.

           "Oh,Laurie,isitreallyyou?Ithoughtyou’dnevercome!"criedAmy,droppingthereinsandholdingoutbothhands,tothegreatscandalizationofaFrenchmamma,whohastenedherdaughter’ssteps,lestsheshouldbedemoralizedbybeholdingthefreemannersofthese‘madEnglish’.

           "Iwasdetainedbytheway,butIpromisedtospendChristmaswithyou,andhereIam.

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