Little Women - Chapter 7

"That boy is a perfect cyclops, isn't he?" said Amy one day, as Laurie clattered ¹ by on horseback, with a flourish of his whip as he passed., ,"How dare you say so, when he's got both his eyes? And very handsome ones they are, too," cried Jo, who resented any slighting remarks about her friend., ,"I didn't say anything about his eyes, and I don't see why you need fire up when I admire his riding.", , ,"You needn't be so rude, it's only a ' lapse ³ of lingy', as Mr. Davis says," retorted Amy, finishing Jo with her Latin. "I just wish I had a little of the money Laurie spends on that horse," she added, as if to herself, yet hoping her sisters would hear., ,"Why?" asked Meg kindly ⁴, for Jo had gone off in another laugh at Amy's second blunder., ,His hand went limp and the knife clattered to the ground. 他的手一软，刀子当啷一声掉到地上。,His face reminded me somehow of a centaur.他的脸使我想起半人半马的怪物 。