Little Women - Chapter 4

"Oh, dear, how hard it does seem to take up our packs and go on," sighed Meg the morning after the party, for now the holidays were over, the week of merrymaking did not fit her for going on easily with the task she never liked., ,"I wish it was Christmas or New Year's all the time. Wouldn't it be fun?" answered Jo, yawning dismally ²., ,"We shouldn't enjoy ourselves half so much as we do now. But it does seem so nice to have little suppers and bouquets ³, and go to parties, and drive home, and read and rest, and not work. It's like other people, you know, and I always envy girls who do such things, I'm so fond of luxury," said Meg, trying to decide which of two shabby gowns was the least shabby., , ,This idea tickled ⁶ Jo's fancy and put her in good spirits, but Meg didn't brighten, for her burden, consisting of four spoiled children, seemed heavier than ever. She had not heart enough even to make herself pretty as usual by putting on a blue neck ribbon and dressing ⁷ her hair in the most becoming way., ,"Where's the use of looking nice, when no one sees me but those cross midgets, and no one cares whether I'm pretty or not?" she muttered, shutting her drawer with a jerk. "I shall have to toil ⁸ and moil all my days, with only little bits of fun now and then, and get old and ugly and sour, because I'm poor and can't enjoy my life as other girls do. It's a shame!", ,My prospects of returning to a suitable job are dismal.我重新找到一个合适的工作岗位的希望很渺茫 。,Fei Little Beard assented dismally. 费小胡子哭丧着脸回答。 来自子夜部分