Rose In Bloom - Chapter 3

While the travelers unpack ¹ their trunks, we will pick up, as briefly ² as possible, the dropped stitches in the little romance we are weaving., ,Rose's life had been a very busy and quiet one for the four years following the May day when she made her choice. Study, exercise, housework, and many wholesome ³ pleasures kept her a happy, hearty ⁴ creature, yearly growing in womanly graces, yet always preserving the innocent freshness girls lose so soon when too early set upon the world's stage and given a part to play., ,Not a remarkably ⁵ gifted girl in any way, and far from perfect; full of all manner of youthful whims ⁶ and fancies; a little spoiled by much love; rather apt to think all lives as safe and sweet as her own; and, when want or pain appealed to her, the tender heart overflowed ⁷ with a remorseful ⁸ charity which gave of its abundance recklessly. Yet, with all her human imperfections, the upright nature of the child kept her desires climbing toward the just and pure and true, as flowers struggle to the light; and the woman's soul was budding beautifully under the green leaves behind the little thorns., , ,When this was over poor Aunt Plenty seemed so lost without her lifelong charge that Dr. Alec would not leave her, and Rose gladly paid the debt she owed by the tender service which comforts without words. But Aunt Plenty, having lived for others all her days, soon rebelled against this willing sacrifice, soon found strength in her own sincere piety ¹², solace ¹³ in cheerful occupation, and amusement in nursing Aunt Myra, who was a capital patient, as she never died and never got well., ,So at last the moment came when, with free minds, the travelers could set out, and on Rose's eighteenth birthday, with Uncle Alec and the faithful Phebe, she sailed away to see and study the big, beautiful world which lies ready for us all if we only know how to use and enjoy it., ,She said she would unpack the items later.她说以后再把箱子里的东西拿出来。,I want to touch briefly on another aspect of the problem.我想简单地谈一下这个问题的另一方面 。