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"
Most
observing
bird
,
"
said
the
old
lady
.
"
Come
and
take
a
walk
,
my
dear
?
"
cried
Polly
,
hopping
toward
the
china
closet
,
with
a
look
suggestive
of
a
lump
of
sugar
.
"
Thank
you
,
I
will
.
Come
Amy
.
"
and
Jo
brought
the
visit
to
an
end
,
feeling
more
strongly
than
ever
that
calls
did
have
a
bad
effect
upon
her
constitution
.
She
shook
hands
in
a
gentlemanly
manner
,
but
Amy
kissed
both
the
aunts
,
and
the
girls
departed
,
leaving
behind
them
the
impression
of
shadow
and
sunshine
,
which
impression
caused
Aunt
March
to
say
,
as
they
vanished
.
.
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"
You
’
d
better
do
it
,
Mary
.
I
’
ll
supply
the
money
.
"
and
Aunt
Carrol
to
reply
decidedly
,
"
I
certainly
will
,
if
her
father
and
mother
consent
.
"
Mrs
.
Chester
’
s
fair
was
so
very
elegant
and
select
that
it
was
considered
a
great
honor
by
the
young
ladies
of
the
neighborhood
to
be
invited
to
take
a
table
,
and
everyone
was
much
interested
in
the
matter
.
Amy
was
asked
,
but
Jo
was
not
,
which
was
fortunate
for
all
parties
,
as
her
elbows
were
decidedly
akimbo
at
this
period
of
her
life
,
and
it
took
a
good
many
hard
knocks
to
teach
her
how
to
get
on
easily
.
The
‘
haughty
,
uninteresting
creature
’
was
let
severely
alone
,
but
Amy
’
s
talent
and
taste
were
duly
complimented
by
the
offer
of
the
art
table
,
and
she
exerted
herself
to
prepare
and
secure
appropriate
and
valuable
contributions
to
it
.
Everything
went
on
smoothly
till
the
day
before
the
fair
opened
,
then
there
occurred
one
of
the
little
skirmishes
which
it
is
almost
impossible
to
avoid
,
when
some
five
-
and
-
twenty
women
,
old
and
young
,
with
all
their
private
piques
and
prejudices
,
try
to
work
together
.
May
Chester
was
rather
jealous
of
Amy
because
the
latter
was
a
greater
favorite
than
herself
,
and
just
at
this
time
several
trifling
circumstances
occurred
to
increase
the
feeling
.
Amy
’
s
dainty
pen
-
and
-
ink
work
entirely
eclipsed
May
’
s
painted
vases
—
that
was
one
thorn
.
Then
the
all
conquering
Tudor
had
danced
four
times
with
Amy
at
a
late
party
and
only
once
with
May
—
that
was
thorn
number
two
.
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But
the
chief
grievance
that
rankled
in
her
soul
,
and
gave
an
excuse
for
her
unfriendly
conduct
,
was
a
rumor
which
some
obliging
gossip
had
whispered
to
her
,
that
the
March
girls
had
made
fun
of
her
at
the
Lambs
’
.
All
the
blame
of
this
should
have
fallen
upon
Jo
,
for
her
naughty
imitation
had
been
too
lifelike
to
escape
detection
,
and
the
frolicsome
Lambs
had
permitted
the
joke
to
escape
.
No
hint
of
this
had
reached
the
culprits
,
however
,
and
Amy
’
s
dismay
can
be
imagined
,
when
,
the
very
evening
before
the
fair
,
as
she
was
putting
the
last
touches
to
her
pretty
table
,
Mrs
.
Chester
,
who
,
of
course
,
resented
the
supposed
ridicule
of
her
daughter
,
said
,
in
a
bland
tone
,
but
with
a
cold
look
.
.
.
"
I
find
,
dear
,
that
there
is
some
feeling
among
the
young
ladies
about
my
giving
this
table
to
anyone
but
my
girls
.
As
this
is
the
most
prominent
,
and
some
say
the
most
attractive
table
of
all
,
and
they
are
the
chief
getters
-
up
of
the
fair
,
it
is
thought
best
for
them
to
take
this
place
.
I
’
m
sorry
,
but
I
know
you
are
too
sincerely
interested
in
the
cause
to
mind
a
little
personal
disappointment
,
and
you
shall
have
another
table
if
you
like
.
"
Mrs
.
Chester
fancied
beforehand
that
it
would
be
easy
to
deliver
this
little
speech
,
but
when
the
time
came
,
she
found
it
rather
difficult
to
utter
it
naturally
,
with
Amy
’
s
unsuspicious
eyes
looking
straight
at
her
full
of
surprise
and
trouble
.