Jo 's breath gave out here , and wrapping her head in the paper , she bedewed her little story with a few natural tears , for to be independent and earn the praise of those she loved were the dearest wishes of her heart , and this seemed to be the first step toward that happy end . CHAPTER FIFTEEN A TELEGRAM `` November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year , '' said Margaret , standing at the window one dull afternoon , looking out at the frostbitten garden . `` That 's the reason I was born in it , '' observed Jo pensively , quite unconscious of the blot on her nose . `` If something very pleasant should happen now , we should think it a delightful month , '' said Beth , who took a hopeful view of everything , even November . `` I dare say , but nothing pleasant ever does happen in this family , '' said Meg , who was out of sorts . `` We go grubbing along day after day , without a bit of change , and very little fun . We might as well be in a treadmill . '' `` My patience , how blue we are ! '' cried Jo . `` I do n't much wonder , poor dear , for you see other girls having splendid times , while you grind , grind , year in and year out . Oh , do n't I wish I could manage things for you as I do for my heroines ! You 're pretty enough and good enough already , so I 'd have some rich relation leave you a fortune unexpectedly . Then you 'd dash out as an heiress , scorn everyone who has slighted you , go abroad , and come home my Lady Something in a blaze of splendor and elegance . '' `` People do n't have fortunes left them in that style nowadays , men have to work and women marry for money . It 's a dreadfully unjust world , '' said Meg bitterly . `` Jo and I are going to make fortunes for you all . Just wait ten years , and see if we do n't , '' said Amy , who sat in a corner making mud pies , as Hannah called her little clay models of birds , fruit , and faces . `` Ca n't wait , and I 'm afraid I have n't much faith in ink and dirt , though I 'm grateful for your good intentions . '' Meg sighed , and turned to the frostbitten garden again . Jo groaned and leaned both elbows on the table in a despondent attitude , but Amy spatted away energetically , and Beth , who sat at the other window , said , smiling , `` Two pleasant things are going to happen right away .
Marmee is coming down the street , and Laurie is tramping through the XXXXX as if he had something nice to tell . ''
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