`` Oh , very ! His hair is auburn , not red , and he was very polite , and I had a delicious redowa with him . '' `` He looked like a grasshopper in a fit when he did the new step . Laurie and I could n't help laughing . Did you hear us ? '' `` No , but it was very rude . What were you about all that time , hidden away there ? '' Jo told her adventures , and by the time she had finished they were at home . With many thanks , they said good night and crept in , hoping to disturb no one , but the instant their door creaked , two little nightcaps bobbed up , and two sleepy but eager voices cried out ... `` Tell about the party ! Tell about the party ! '' With what Meg called ' a great want of manners ' Jo had saved some bonbons for the little girls , and they soon subsided , after hearing the most thrilling events of the evening . `` I declare , it really seems like being a fine young lady , to come home from the party in a carriage and sit in my dressing gown with a maid to wait on me , '' said Meg , as Jo bound up her foot with arnica and brushed her hair . `` I do n't believe fine young ladies enjoy themselves a bit more than we do , in spite of our burned hair , old gowns , one glove apiece and tight slippers that sprain our ankles when we are silly enough to wear them . '' And I think Jo was quite right . CHAPTER FOUR BURDENS `` Oh , dear , how hard it does seem to take up our packs and go on , '' sighed Meg the morning after the party , for now the holidays were over , the week of merrymaking did not fit her for going on easily with the task she never liked . `` I wish it was Christmas or New Year 's all the time . Would n't it be fun ? '' answered Jo , yawning dismally . `` We should n't enjoy ourselves half so much as we do now . But it does seem so nice to have little suppers and bouquets , and go to parties , and drive home , and read and rest , and not work .
It 's like other people , you know , and I always envy girls who do such things , I 'm so fond of luxury , '' said XXXXX , trying to decide which of two shabby gowns was the least shabby .
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