Little Women - Chapter 15

"November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year," said Margaret, standing ¹ at the window one dull afternoon, looking out at the frostbitten garden., ,"That's the reason I was born in it," observed Jo pensively ², quite unconscious of the blot ³ on her nose., ,"If something very pleasant should happen now, we should think it a delightful ⁴ month," said Beth, who took a hopeful view of everything, even November., , ,"My patience, how blue we are!" cried Jo. "I don't much wonder, poor dear, for you see other girls having splendid times, while you grind, grind, year in and year out. Oh, don't I wish I could manage things for you as I do for my heroines! You're pretty enough and good enough already, so I'd have some rich relation leave you a fortune unexpectedly. Then you'd dash out as an heiress, scorn everyone who has slighted you, go abroad, and come home my Lady Something in a blaze of splendor ⁶ and elegance ⁷.", ,"People don't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays, men have to work and women marry for money. It's a dreadfully unjust world," said Meg bitterly., ,They're standing out against any change in the law.他们坚决反对对法律做任何修改 。,Garton pensively stirred the hotchpotch of his hair. 加顿沉思着搅动自己的乱发。 来自辞典例句