asked Jo , rumpling up her hair , and making herself comfortable . `` Yes , till I hurt myself . Sallie 's friend , Annie Moffat , took a fancy to me , and asked me to come and spend a week with her when Sallie does . She is going in the spring when the opera comes , and it will be perfectly splendid , if Mother only lets me go , '' answered Meg , cheering up at the thought . `` I saw you dancing with the red headed man I ran away from . Was he nice ? '' `` 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 XXXXX , for now the holidays were over , the week of merrymaking did not fit her for going on easily with the task she never liked .
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