1 "I think anxiety is very interesting," observed Amy, eating sugar pensively.
2 "Salt instead of sugar, and the cream is sour," replied Meg with a tragic gesture.
3 Jo's one strong point was the fruit, for she had sugared it well, and had a pitcher of rich cream to eat with it.
4 Home came four dozen delightful little pots, half a barrel of sugar, and a small boy to pick the currants for her.
5 A chanting cherub adorned the cover of the sugar bucket, and attempts to portray Romeo and Juliet supplied kindling for some time.
6 Round the house he hurried, led by a pungent smell of burned sugar, and Mr. Scott strolled after him, with a queer look on his face.
7 The girls couldn't help laughing, and felt better for it, though Meg shook her head at the young lady who could find consolation in a sugar bowl.
8 Nor was he disappointed, for that shortsighted woman actually gave him a lump of sugar, tucked him into his bed, and forbade any more promenades till morning.
9 John was requested to order home a dozen or so of little pots and an extra quantity of sugar, for their own currants were ripe and were to be attended to at once.
10 No coaxing, no sugar, no lullaby, no story, even the light was put out and only the red glow of the fire enlivened the 'big dark' which Demi regarded with curiosity rather than fear.