While Amy dressed , she issued her orders , and Jo obeyed them , not without entering her protest , however , for she sighed as she rustled into her new organdie , frowned darkly at herself as she tied her bonnet strings in an irreproachable bow , wrestled viciously with pins as she put on her collar , wrinkled up her features generally as she shook out the handkerchief , whose embroidery was as irritating to her nose as the present mission was to her feelings , and when she had squeezed her hands into tight gloves with three buttons and a tassel , as the last touch of elegance , she turned to Amy with an imbecile expression of countenance , saying meekly ... `` I 'm perfectly miserable , but if you consider me presentable , I die happy . '' `` You 're highly satisfactory . Turn slowly round , and let me get a careful view . '' Jo revolved , and Amy gave a touch here and there , then fell back , with her head on one side , observing graciously , `` Yes , you 'll do . Your head is all I could ask , for that white bonnet with the rose is quite ravishing . Hold back your shoulders , and carry your hands easily , no matter if your gloves do pinch . There 's one thing you can do well , Jo , that is , wear a shawl . I ca n't , but it 's very nice to see you , and I 'm so glad Aunt March gave you that lovely one . It 's simple , but handsome , and those folds over the arm are really artistic . Is the point of my mantle in the middle , and have I looped my dress evenly ? I like to show my boots , for my feet are pretty , though my nose is n't . '' `` You are a thing of beauty and a joy forever , '' said Jo , looking through her hand with the air of a connoisseur at the blue feather against the golden hair . `` Am I to drag my best dress through the dust , or loop it up , please , ma'am ? '' `` Hold it up when you walk , but drop it in the house . The sweeping style suits you best , and you must learn to trail your skirts gracefully . You have n't half buttoned one cuff , do it at once . You 'll never look finished if you are not careful about the little details , for they make up the pleasing whole . '' Jo sighed , and proceeded to burst the buttons off her glove , in doing up her cuff , but at last both were ready , and sailed away , looking as ` pretty as picters ' , Hannah said , as she hung out of the upper window to watch them . `` Now , Jo dear , the Chesters consider themselves very elegant people , so I want you to put on your best deportment . Do n't make any of your abrupt remarks , or do anything odd , will you ?
Just be calm , cool , and quiet , that 's safe and ladylike , and you can easily do it for fifteen minutes , '' said XXXXX , as they approached the first place , having borrowed the white parasol and been inspected by Meg , with a baby on each arm .
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