Маленькие женщины

Jo’s Journal

           Soheputherupatthetable,openedthegreatdictionaryshehadbrought,andgaveherapaperandpencil,andshescribbledaway,turningaleafnowandthen,andpassingherlittlefatfingerdownthepage,asiffindingaword,sosoberlythatInearlybetrayedmyselfbyalaugh,whileMr.Bhaerstoodstrokingherprettyhairwithafatherlylookthatmademethinkshemustbehisown,thoughshelookedmoreFrenchthanGerman.

           Anotherknockandtheappearanceoftwoyoungladiessentmebacktomywork,andthereIvirtuouslyremainedthroughallthenoiseandgabblingthatwentonnextdoor.Oneofthegirlskeptlaughingaffectedly,andsaying,"NowProfessor,"inacoquettishtone,andtheotherpronouncedherGermanwithanaccentthatmusthavemadeithardforhimtokeepsober.

           Bothseemedtotryhispatiencesorely,formorethanonceIheardhimsayemphatically,"No,no,itisnotso,youhafnotattendtowhatIsay,"andoncetherewasaloudrap,asifhestruckthetablewithhisbook,followedbythedespairingexclamation,"Prut!Itallgoesbadthisday."

           Poorman,Ipitiedhim,andwhenthegirlsweregone,tookjustonemorepeeptoseeifhesurvivedit.Heseemedtohavethrownhimselfbackinhischair,tiredout,andsattherewithhiseyesshuttilltheclockstrucktwo,whenhejumpedup,puthisbooksinhispocket,asifreadyforanotherlesson,andtakinglittleTinawhohadfallenasleeponthesofainhisarms,hecarriedherquietlyaway.

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