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           ThisdidnotsuitJoatall,butsheacceptedtheplacesincenothingbetterappearedand,toeveryone’ssurprise,gotonremarkablywellwithherirasciblerelative.Therewasanoccasionaltempest,andonceJomarchedhome,declaringshecouldn’tbearitlonger,butAuntMarchalwaysclearedupquickly,andsentforhertocomebackagainwithsuchurgencythatshecouldnotrefuse,forinherheartsheratherlikedthepepperyoldlady.

           Isuspectthattherealattractionwasalargelibraryoffinebooks,whichwaslefttodustandspiderssinceUncleMarchdied.Jorememberedthekindoldgentleman,whousedtoletherbuildrailroadsandbridgeswithhisbigdictionaries,tellherstoriesaboutqueerpicturesinhisLatinbooks,andbuyhercardsofgingerbreadwheneverhemetherinthestreet.Thedim,dustyroom,withthebustsstaringdownfromthetallbookcases,thecozychairs,theglobes,andbestofall,thewildernessofbooksinwhichshecouldwanderwheresheliked,madethelibraryaregionofblisstoher.

           ThemomentAuntMarchtookhernap,orwasbusywithcompany,Johurriedtothisquietplace,andcurlingherselfupintheeasychair,devouredpoetry,romance,history,travels,andpictureslikearegularbookworm.

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