Маленькие женщины

Domestic Experiences

           AsJohnfirmlybelievedthat‘mywife’wasequaltoanything,andtookanaturalprideinherskill,heresolvedthatsheshouldbegratified,andtheironlycropoffruitlaidbyinamostpleasingformforwinteruse.Homecamefourdozendelightfullittlepots,halfabarrelofsugar,andasmallboytopickthecurrantsforher.Withherprettyhairtuckedintoalittlecap,armsbaredtotheelbow,andacheckedapronwhichhadacoquettishlookinspiteofthebib,theyounghousewifefelltowork,feelingnodoubtsabouthersuccess,forhadn’tsheseenHannahdoithundredsoftimes?Thearrayofpotsratheramazedheratfirst,butJohnwassofondofjelly,andthenicelittlejarswouldlooksowellonthetopshelf,thatMegresolvedtofillthemall,andspentalongdaypicking,boiling,straining,andfussingoverherjelly.Shedidherbest,sheaskedadviceofMrs.Cornelius,sherackedherbraintorememberwhatHannahdidthatsheleftundone,shereboiled,resugared,andrestrained,butthatdreadfulstuffwouldn’t‘jell’.

           Shelongedtorunhome,bibandall,andaskMothertolendherahand,butJohnandshehadagreedthattheywouldneverannoyanyonewiththeirprivateworries,experiments,orquarrels.Theyhadlaughedoverthatlastwordasiftheideaitsuggestedwasamostpreposterousone,buttheyhadheldtotheirresolve,andwhenevertheycouldgetonwithouthelptheydidso,andnooneinterfered,forMrs.Marchhadadvisedtheplan.

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