A Greek Beauty

A Greek Beauty
A Lily Pond
Absence Makes the Heart Grow Fonder
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know what I mean, and you needn't be satirical about it. It's proper to use good words, and improve your vocabulary,' returned Amy, with dignity. ¡¡¡¡`Don't peck at one another, children. Don't you wish we had the money papa lost when we were little, Jo? Dear me! how happy and good we'd be, if we had no worries!' said Meg, who could remember better times. ¡¡¡¡`You said, the other day, you thought we were a deal happier than the King children, for they were fighting
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and fretting all the time, in spite of their money.' ¡¡¡¡`So I did, Beth. Well, I think we are; for, though we do have to work, we make fun for ourselves, and are a pretty jolly set, as Jo would say.' ¡¡¡¡`Jo does use such slang words!' observed Amy, with a reproving look at the long figure stretched on the rug. Jo immediately sat up, put her hands in her pockets, and began to whistle. ¡¡¡¡`Don't, Jo; it's so boyish!' ¡¡¡¡`That's why I do it.' ¡¡¡¡`I detest rude, unlady-like girls!' ¡¡¡¡`I hate affected, niminy-piminy chits!'