1 I don't mean to act any more after this time.
2 I wish it was Christmas or New Year's all the time.
3 "You don't have half such a hard time as I do," said Jo.
4 They had always done this from the time they could lisp.
5 Jo told her adventures, and by the time she had finished they were at home.
6 And Beth looked at her rough hands with a sigh that any one could hear that time.
7 So Meg went down, wearing an injured look, and wasn't at all agreeable at breakfast time.
8 We never are too old for this, my dear, because it is a play we are playing all the time in one way or another.
9 The morning charities and ceremonies took so much time that the rest of the day was devoted to preparations for the evening festivities.
10 It was on the tip of Jo's tongue to ask, but she checked herself in time and, with unusual tact, tried to find out in a round-about way.
11 Simple as the toilets were, there was a great deal of running up and down, laughing and talking, and at one time a strong smell of burned hair pervaded the house.
12 "Birds in their little nests agree," sang Beth, the peacemaker, with such a funny face that both sharp voices softened to a laugh, and the "pecking" ended for that time.
13 They had a merry time over the bonbons and mottoes, and were in the midst of a quiet game of Buzz, with two or three other young people who had strayed in, when Hannah appeared.
14 I liked the things and the kisses, but it was dreadful to have you sit looking at me while I opened the bundles, said Beth, who was toasting her face and the bread for tea at the same time.
15 There was a good deal of laughing and kissing and explaining, in the simple, loving fashion which makes these home festivals so pleasant at the time, so sweet to remember long afterward, and then all fell to work.
16 "She will be back soon, I think, so fry your cakes, and have everything ready," said Meg, looking over the presents which were collected in a basket and kept under the sofa, ready to be produced at the proper time.
17 Beth said nothing, but wiped away her tears with the blue army sock and began to knit with all her might, losing no time in doing the duty that lay nearest her, while she resolved in her quiet little soul to be all that Father hoped to find her when the year brought round the happy coming home.
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