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4. A friend of mine desired me
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6. - She'd be glad to write more if this suits.
- Not a first attempt, I take it.
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7. No, sir. She has sold to Olympic
and Scandal,
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8. and got a prize for a tale
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9. A prize?
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10. Yes.
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11. Sit.
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12. We'll take this.
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13. Oh, you will?
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14. With alterations. It's too long.
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21. What compensation...?
How do you...?
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23. We'll pay 20 for that.
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24. You can have it. Make the edits.
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25. Should I tell my friend that you'll take
another if she had one better than this?
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26. We'll look at it.
Tell her to make it short and spicy.
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27. And if the main character's a girl,
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28. - Or dead. Either way.
- Excuse me?
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29. What name would she like put to the story?
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30. Oh, uh... Yes, none at all, if you please.
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31. Just as she likes, of course.
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32. Oh, well... ha, ha.
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33. Good morning, sir. Good day.
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34. Yes!
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35. My Beth would like you very much.
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36. - I'd like a room for two people.
- Perfect. That's 4.50 a week.
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37. - And that's a good price.
- Isn't that a little expensive?
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38. This is a boardinghouse, not a charity.
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39. I need the rent on time.
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40. Good afternoon, Miss March.
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41. Oh, good afternoon.
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42. You're on fire.
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43. Thank you.
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44. You're on fire!
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45. Oh! Oh!
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46. - Thank you.
- I have the same habit. You see?
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47. Oh.
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48. Kitty and Minnie are waiting.
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49. - Oh... My students need me.
- Always working.
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50. Money is the end and aim of
my mercenary existence.
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51. No one gets ink stains like yours
just out of a desire for money.
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52. My sister Amy's in Paris,
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53. it's up to me to keep the family afloat.
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54. Goodbye.
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55. The Decadents have ruined Paris,
if you ask me.
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56. These French women couldn't lift
a hairbrush.
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57. - Amy!
- Mm.
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58. I said, these French women
couldn't lift a hairbrush.
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59. - Oh, yes. Very true, Aunt March.
- Oh...
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60. Don't humor me, girl.
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61. What do they write,
your troublemaking family?
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62. Mother doesn't say anything
about Beth.
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63. - I feel I should go back, but they all say, "Stay."
- You can do nothing if you go back.
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64. The girl is sick, not lonely.
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65. And you shouldn't go home until you
and Fred Vaughn are properly engaged.
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66. Yes, and until I've completed
all of my painting lessons of course.
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67. Ye... Oh, yes, yes.
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68. Of course.
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69. - Stop the carriage! Laurie!
- What are you doing?
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70. - Laurie, Laurie, Laurie!
- Amy!
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71. - Laurie!
- Amy!
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72. Amy!
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73. How are you?
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74. - You've grown so much.
- You wrote you'd meet me at the hotel.
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75. - I couldn't find you.
- You didn't look hard enough.
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76. - I didn't recognize you. You're so beautiful now.
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77. - I thought you liked that.
- Where's your grandfather?
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78. In Germany. He's still traveling.
I'm traveling on my own now. Just relaxing.
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79. - Flirting and gambling and drinking.
- Yes. Don't tell your mother.
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80. Are you chasing some young girl
across Europe?
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81. No.
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82. I couldn't believe Jo turned you down.
I'm so sorry.
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83. Don't be, Amy. I... I'm not.
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84. Amy!
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85. Amy March!
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86. - Come back here right this instant! Come.
- Aunt March.
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87. Come on.
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88. - Aren't you looking grand?
- Get him off me!
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89. We need to be somewhere. Off you go!
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90. Come to the New Year's Eve party.
Everyone will be there, including Fred.
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91. Pick me up at the hotel at 8,
The Chavain. Oh...
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92. Oh, and, Laurie, dress for festivities!
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93. Top hats and silks!
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94. I will. I'll wear my best silk.
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95. It's Laurie.
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96. I know.
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97. Twenty yards of the blue silk, as well as pink.
Someone will be by for it later.
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98. Oh, Meg, that'd look lovely on you.
I know just the dressmaker to send you to.
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99. - You'll be the prettiest wife in Concord.
- Oh, I...
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100. John needs a new coat for winter,
and Daisy and Demi need new clothes, I...
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101. - And his wife needs a new dress.
- I can't. It's...
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102. I just can't.
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103. He'll be so pleased with how you look,
he'll forget all about the expense.
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104. I don't suppose it's too much
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105. Will 20 yards do?
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106. - Yes.
- Very good.
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107. Fifty dollars? What was I thinking?
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108. - Mommy!
- Mommy!
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109. Oh, my loves.
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110. Go play.
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111. Beth!
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112. Beth?
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113. There lies your way, due west.
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114. Then westward ho!
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115. Grace and good disposition attend,
Your Ladyship.
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116. You'll nothing, madam,
to my lord by me?
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117. Stay, I prithee, tell me
what thou thinkest of me.
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118. That you do think you are not what you are.
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119. - If I think so, I think the same of you.
- Then think you right, I am not what I am.
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120. Like, a big one.
Like, a big one... Like that.
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121. Excuse me?
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122. I only speak English. I'm sorry, what?
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123. - What did you say?
- Come dance!
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124. Oh!
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125. I know exactly who I wanna dance with.
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126. - Who will you dance with, Jo?
- I never dance.
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127. Why can't we all go? It's not fair.
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128. - Just wear your regular shoes.
- These fit last winter.
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129. My nose will not look refined.
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130. - I like your nose.
- Now, Jo.
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131. Don't touch me, thanks. I already
feel ridiculous. I don't wanna look it.
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132. - You could be pretty if you tried.
- Don't want to. Won't do it.
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133. I don't want to go,
but I wish I could hear the music.
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134. - I'll keep it in my head and sing it for you.
- Ought they to smoke like that?
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135. It's the dampness drying.
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136. What a queer smell, like burnt feathers.
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137. Now I'll take this off
and you'll see a perfect ringlet.
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138. Why is her hair off?
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139. - Meg, I'm so sorry.
- What have you done?
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140. Sorry. You shouldn't have
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141. Marmee!
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142. I can't go, I'm spoiled!
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143. My hair!
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144. Don't stare, don't put your hands behind your back,
don't say "Christopher Columbus" or "capital."
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145. - All right.
- Don't shake hands. Don't whistle.
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146. Meg March, you look so pretty.
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147. Meg.
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148. Thank you.
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149. No, it's so early. No.
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150. Fine.
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151. - Ooh! Sorry. I didn't know anyone was here.
- Not at all. Stay if you like.
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152. - I won't disturb you?
- No. I don't know many people here.
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153. - I felt rather strange at first, you know?
- Mm-hm. So do I.
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154. - Miss March, isn't it?
- Yes, Mr. Laurence, but I'm not Miss March.
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155. - I'm only Jo.
- And I'm not Mr. Laurence, I'm only Laurie.
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156. Don't you dance?
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157. I don't know how you do things here yet.
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158. Europe! Oh, that's capital!
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159. Shouldn't use words like that.
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160. - Says who?
- Oh, Meg. She's my older sister. Here.
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161. Um...
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162. Oh, that's her. See?
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163. - The girl in the violet dress.
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164. It's very pretty.
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165. She reminds me to be good,
so Father will be proud when he returns.
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166. Where is he?
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167. He volunteered for the Union Army.
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168. I wanted to go fight with him. I can't get over
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169. Jo, would you like to dance with me?
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170. I can't because... Mm.
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171. Because of what?
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172. - You won't tell?
- Never.
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173. I scorched my dress. See? There.
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174. Meg told me to keep still,
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175. You can laugh if you want to.
It's funny, I know.
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176. I have an idea of how we can manage.
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177. - What?
- My foot.
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178. - I've hurt my ankle.
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179. How am I gonna get home?
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180. I don't see what you can do, except get
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181. - Carriages are too expensive.
- Let me take you. It's right next door.
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183. You must take mine, please?
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184. No. It's so early.
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186. What choice do you have, hm?
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187. - I told you those shoes were too small...
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189. She's lame and can't walk.
She's hobbling.
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190. Clear that chair.
You're supposed to be asleep.
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191. All right, help your sister,
then back to bed.
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192. Make room. Meg is a wounded soldier.
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193. I sprained my ankle.
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194. Meg, you'll kill yourself
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195. Here. Hannah, we need ice!
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196. - Oh, come in. Come in.
- Is it all right?
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197. Apologies for the chaos.
I enjoy baking in the middle of the night.
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198. - Don't mind the clutter, Mr. Laurence. We don't.
- Laurie, please.
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199. - Can I call you Teddy?
- Yes.
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200. You must be part of their theatricals.
They could use an extra player.
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201. - I'm Amy.
- Hello.
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202. You'll have to fight Jo
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203. - Have a scone.
- Yes, thank you.
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205. - Laurie, how are your ankles? Do you need ice?
- No, thank you, ma'am.
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206. Just call me "mother" or Marmee.
Everyone does.
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207. - And you wore those pink shoes too, didn't you?
- It's cold.
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208. - Do you want more ice?
- But they look so good, okay?
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211. For the writer in the attic.
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212. Because you enjoyed
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213. I wanted you to have this.
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214. It will help you study character
and paint it with your pen.
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if you'll trust me.
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218. - Fred, would you like a glass?
- I will. Thank you.
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220. Laurie.
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226. - Do you want to know what I think of you?
- What do you think of me?
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229. - you are lazy, faulty and miserable.
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230. - Interesting.
- Selfish people like to talk about themselves.
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231. - Am I selfish?
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232. - With your money, talent, beauty, and health...
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234. With all these good things to enjoy,
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235. - I'll be good for you, Saint Amy. I'll be good.
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237. Looks like it's never done a day of work
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241. You don't have to feel sorry.
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244. Perhaps you're fantasizing
about spending Fred Vaughn's fortune.
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245. Fred Vaughn, ladies and gentlemen!
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255. - Duels and killing and...
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256. - Why don't you sign your real name?
- My mother wouldn't like it.
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272. - You just told me you didn't like my work.
- Jo, I thought you wanted honesty.
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273. I... Yes, I do.
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275. Yes, I've been rejected plenty
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276. Do you have anyone to take you seriously,
Jo, to talk about your work?
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277. And who made you high priest
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278. - No one, and I'm not...
- Then why are you acting like it?
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280. My reaction indicates that you are
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282. Shakespeare was the greatest poet who ever lived
because he smuggled his poetry in popular works.
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283. - I'm no Shakespeare.
- Thank goodness. We already have him.
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285. Because I'm not a writer.
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286. - I don't have the gifts you have.
- No, you don't.
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287. You will always be a critic,
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288. The world will forget that
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289. - Oh, I'm sure they will.
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290. I... But I...
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292. I can believe it.
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293. Listen.
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294. We are not friends.
You are not my friend.
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295. I don't want your opinion
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296. So just don't talk to me anymore.
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297. Oh, Josephine, this came for you.
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298. Oh, thank you.
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299. Beth.
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300. Merry Christmas, world.
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301. Merry Christmas!
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302. - Merry Christmas.
- Beth, give me another orange.
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303. - Jo, we've been up for hours.
- What have you been writing?
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304. Oh, I got carried away
with our delicious revenge play last night, Poison.
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305. No, no poison. It's Christmas.
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306. - Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents.
- It's so dreadful being poor.
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307. It's not fair. How come some girls have pretty things
and others have nothing at all?
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308. - We have Father, Mother and each other.
- We haven't got Father for as long as this war drags on.
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309. I wish I had heaps of money and plenty
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310. Or you could be a proper actress on the boards.
They aren't all fallen women.
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311. I can't be an actress.
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312. I have lots of wishes, but my favorite one
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314. That's what you want too, isn't it, Jo?
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315. - Yes, but it sounds crass when she says it.
- Why be ashamed of what you want?
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317. - That's what I want.
- Beth is perfect.
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318. - Amy.
- What about your music, Queen Beth, huh?
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319. - I do that for us. I don't need anyone else to hear it.
- You must not limit yourself.
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320. Mother proposed not having any presents this year
because our men are suffering in the Army.
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321. We can't do much, but we can make
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322. Don't play mother just
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323. - Jo, that's so boyish.
- That's why I do it.
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324. - I detest rude, unladylike girls.
- I hate affected little chits.
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325. - Jo!
- My nose! My nose!
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326. It's already no good!
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327. Jo! Jo!
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328. I know you don't care what I think, but you don't
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329. - We care what you think, Hannah.
- You're more family than wicked old Aunt March.
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330. - Oh, don't, Jo.
- Where is Marmee? I'm starving.
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331. Goodness only knows.
Some poor creature came a-begging.
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332. Your ma set off to see what was needed.
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333. - I wish she could help others at a time convenient to us.
- Joanna and I are very hungry.
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334. Dolls don't get hungry, Beth.
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335. I've rewritten the climax. We need to
set it to memory. Amy, get the costumes.
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336. I have made the most divine crown,
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337. and I painted my old shoes blue,
so she looks like a princess!
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338. - The melancholy piece I've figured out is pretty good.
- Wait until you see this new speech.
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339. I don't see how you can write such splendid things, Jo.
You're a regular Shakespeare.
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340. Not quite. Miss Michelangelo,
can you please rehearse the fainting scene?
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341. - You're as stiff as a poker.
- I can't help it.
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342. I never saw anyone faint before.
I don't intend to make myself all black and blue.
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343. If I can fall down easily, I'll drop.
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344. And if I cannot,
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345. And I don't care if Hugo comes
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- I'm not acting.
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347. - I didn't even say anything.
- I knew what you were going to say, and I'm not acting.
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348. I need both of you
to kneel right there.
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349. - I need you to kneel.
- I don't want to kneel.
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350. This is supposed to be our special scene,
and no one's gonna be looking at us.
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351. - Smile.
- I don't want to.
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352. You have to. And I think
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she'll need to kneel...
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354. - But it's our scene.
- If you'll kneel and look...
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355. Merry Christmas, girls.
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356. - Marmee!
- Oh, merry Christmas!
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357. I'm so glad to see you so happy.
How's your play?
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358. Jo, you look tired. Were you up
again all night writing?
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359. - Of course.
- Amy, come kiss me. Thank you.
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360. Merry Christmas.
How are my girls?
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361. - I'm so hungry.
- Look at this.
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362. - I could eat a horse.
- Don't say that, Jo.
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364. What is it?
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365. Not far from here lives
a poor young woman, Mrs. Hummel.
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366. Her five children are in one bed to keep
from freezing, and there's nothing to eat.
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368. Is this where you say that
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369. Yes.
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371. And thank you, Mr. Laurence,
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372. You're welcome.
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375. Oh, girls...
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380. Hello.
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381. I'm back. And have food
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382. And sweaters.
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386. He is not well.
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387. Girls, why don't you
unpack the food?
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388. Would you like some?
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389. You want one?
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390. Yeah, have it all.
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391. - Why don't we put some firewood?
- It's good, isn't it?
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392. That's nice, huh?
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393. - Marmee, we don't need our toes.
- I think I've lost one.
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394. Has anyone else lost their toe?
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395. - That was amazing.
- I can't even feel my feet anymore.
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396. Is it fairies?
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397. Santa Claus.
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398. - No, it's old Aunt March.
- Mr. Laurence sent it.
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399. - The Laurence boy's grandfather?
- Yes.
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400. Why?
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401. He saw you giving your Christmas breakfast
away and he wanted you to enjoy the day.
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402. - But I thought he was a mean old man.
- It's so generous of him.
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403. His grandson, Laurie, put the idea
into his head. I know he did.
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404. We should make friends with him.
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405. Boys scare me, and that big old
house scares me.
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406. Jenny Snow says that Mr. Laurence disowned his son
after he went off with an Italian woman.
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407. Now his grandson is an orphan
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408. and spends all of his time in that house,
locked up with his tutor.
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409. He's a very kind man who lost his little girl
when she was only a child.
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410. - Now his son as well.
- His daughter died?
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411. - That's so sad.
- But doesn't Laurie just seem so romantic? He's half Italian.
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412. What do you know?
You've barely spoken to him. Ow!
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413. I'm not responsible for this feast,
but I have got a surprise.
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414. - Is he coming home?
- A letter from Father!
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415. Don't I wish I could go?
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416. Jo, we can't give up
our only brother.
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417. It must be so disagreeable
to sleep in a tent.
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418. - Jo sits in the back, so we can't see her cry.
- So, what if I do?
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419. - Will he be coming home?
- He'll stay and work faithfully as long as he can.
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420. And we won't ask for him to come back
a minute sooner than he can be spared.
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421. "Give them all my dear love and a kiss.
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422. Tell them I think of them by day,
pray for them by night
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423. and find my best comforts
in their affection at all times.
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424. A year seems a very long time
to wait before I see them.
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425. But remind them that while we wait,
we may all work, so these hard days...
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426. need not be wasted.
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427. I know that they will be
loving children to you.
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428. Do their duty faithfully.
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429. Fight their enemies bravely.
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430. And conquer themselves
so beautifully."
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431. The Witch's Curse,
a play by Jo March.
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432. Make it sweet and swift
and strong...
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433. - "That when I come back to them..."
- Spirit, answer now my song.
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434. "... I may be...
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435. fonder and prouder than ever...
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436. of my little women."
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437. B rava!
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438. Excuse me. Excuse me.
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439. Excuse me. Your stop, ma'am.
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440. Oh, thank you.
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441. She's gone? Why?
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442. I don't know. She just left.
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443. - But she didn't say if she was coming back?
- We didn't have a heart-to-heart, professor.
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444. Why are you just sitting there?
Please, go, go. Dust something.
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445. And what about the girls?
She was the best teacher they ever had.
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446. I know.
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447. It is so hard to go back
to work after such good times.
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448. - I wish it was Christmas every day.
- Or New Year's. Wouldn't that be exciting?
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449. We are a bunch of ungrateful minxes.
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450. - Jo! Don't say such despicable things.
- I like good, strong words that mean something.
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451. - I have to go back to school, and I don't have any limes.
- Limes?
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452. All the girls are trading pickled limes,
and I'm in debt. I owe ever so many limes.
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453. - Will this do?
- What'd you do that for?
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454. Meg, thank you.
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455. I know what it is to want little things
and feel less than other girls.
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456. - That and the drawings will wipe out my debt.
- Drawings?
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457. Nothing. I'm just glad Mother doesn't
make me go to school with those girls.
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458. Hurry. I'll be late.
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459. Beth, after your shopping, I need you to work
your way through the new sums and spelling.
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460. - I'll check it all when I get home, all right?
- Fine.
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461. Bye.
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462. Ooh!
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463. - Josephine.
- Yes?
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464. - Oh... Josephine.
- Yes? Here.
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465. Is there a reason
you stopped reading Belsham?
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466. I'm sorry.
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467. I'll continue.
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468. You mind yourself, deary.
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469. Someday you'll need me
and you'll wish you had behaved better.
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470. Thank you, Aunt March, for your employment
and your many kindnesses,
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471. but I intend to make my way in the world.
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472. Oh, well.
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473. No. No one makes their own way.
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474. Not really.
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475. Least of all, a woman.
You'll need to marry well.
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476. - But you are not married.
- That's because I'm rich.
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477. And I made sure
to keep hold of my money.
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478. Unlike your father.
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479. So the only way to be
an unmarried woman is to be rich?
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480. Yes.
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481. - There are precious few ways for women to make money.
- That's not true.
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482. You could run a cathouse.
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483. Or go on the stage.
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484. Practically the same thing.
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485. Other than that, you're right.
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486. Precious few ways for women.
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487. - That's why you should heed me.
- So I can get married.
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488. No. So you can live a better life
than your poor mother has.
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489. - But Marmee loves her life.
- You don't know what she loves.
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490. Your father cared more about educating freedmen's children
than he did about caring for his own family.
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491. Yes, but he was right.
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492. Well, it's possible
to be right and foolish.
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493. Well, I don't think so.
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494. Well, you're not paid to think.
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495. I know you don't care much
about marriage now.
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496. Can't say I blame you.
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497. But I intend to go to Europe one more time
and I need a companion,
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498. so how would you like
to be the person I take?
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499. - I'd like that more than anything.
- All right, then read.
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500. And don't sneak around.
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501. I don't like sneaks.
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502. President Lincoln.
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503. No, Father's fighting for him.
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504. My father says the war is a waste
and we should just let them keep their labor.
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505. Susan, it is immoral.
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506. Everyone benefited from the system,
including you Marches.
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507. - Why should only the South be punished?
- Maybe we should all be punished.
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508. - The Marches love a cause.
- Fine. Just do Mr. Davis.
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509. - I don't know if I should.
- I'll wipe out your debt and give you five limes.
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510. your spelling and, moreover, your reading habit.
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511. Miss March.
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512. Sit down.
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513. Sit down, Laurie.
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514. Latin is a privilege.
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515. Please, you have to learn this.
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516. I can't afford to lose this position.
Just return to the Cicero...
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517. - There's a girl out there.
- No, there is not.
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518. - Yes, Mr. Brooke, there is a girl.
- No, there's not.
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519. I'll never get to go home again.
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520. - There is a girl.
- That's a girl.
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521. Hello there. Are you hurt?
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522. - I'm Amy.
- Hello, Amy. I'm Laurie.
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523. I know. You brought my sister back
after the dance.
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524. I would've never have
sprained my ankle.
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525. I have lovely small feet,
the best in the family.
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526. But I can never go home again
because I'm in such trouble.
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527. Look.
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528. Mr. Davis hit me.
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529. Tell the servants I want this
painting purchased for me.
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530. - Amy! Are you in here?
- Meg! My hand. Look.
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531. - Jo.
- What richness.
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532. It hurts so much.
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533. You ought to be the happiest boy
in the world.
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534. - A fellow can't live on books alone.
- I could.
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535. - What did you do?
- I did a drawing, and then Mr. Davis hit me.
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536. - Oh, Christopher Columbus, look at that.
- That's my grandfather.
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537. - Are you scared of him?
- No, I'm not scared of anyone.
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538. He looks stern, but my grandfather
was much more handsome.
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539. Jo, we do not compare grandfathers.
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540. - You think he's more handsome, eh?
- Oh...
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541. - No, actually, you are very handsome. I didn't mean...
- I knew your mother's father.
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542. You've got his spirit.
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543. Oh, well, thank you, sir.
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544. - You are not to attend that school anymore.
- Good. That man has always been an idiot.
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545. - Jo will teach you.
- Me? I already teach Beth.
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546. You're a good teacher.
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547. Yes, women being taught at home
is much more proper, I believe.
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548. - Only because the schools for women are so poor.
- Indeed. Quite right.
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549. I wish all the girls would leave his school
and that he would die.
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550. - Amy, you did wrong and there'll be consequences.
- I didn't even do anything. I just did a drawing.
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551. - Thank you so much for taking care of Amy.
- Oh, yes, of course.
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552. My girls have a way of getting
into mischief.
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553. Well, so do I.
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554. Then you'll run over
and we'll take care of you.
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555. Come over whenever you'd like.
Invite Beth as well.
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556. - Yes! Beth would adore the piano.
- Is she the quiet one?
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557. Yes, that's our Beth.
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558. - Tell that little girl to use our piano.
- Thank you.
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559. Jo, borrow whatever book you'd like.
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560. - Can I come look at the paintings?
- Yes.
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561. There's also a lovely greenhouse.
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562. We must go. Girls.
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563. - Mr. Laurence, can you please buy this painting?
- I'm going to take this. If that's okay.
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564. - I'll bring it back soon. I promise you.
- Thank you again.
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565. Thank you for my hand!
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566. - Thank you!
- Goodbye.
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567. Oh, Miss Meg?
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568. You forgot your glove.
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569. Well, back to work.
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570. Back to work.
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571. Order!
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572. Order. Order. Order!
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573. A new play written by Miss Jo March
will appear at the Barnville Theater
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574. in the course of the next few weeks
that will surpass
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575. anything ever seen before
on the American stage.
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576. Starring the greatest actress from here
to the Mississippi River, Miss Meg March.
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577. Yes. There we go. Very good.
Excellent. Bravo.
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578. - Weekly report. Meg good, Jo bad.
- Mm-hm.
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579. Beth very good.
And Amy sort of middling.
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580. - Very well done, sirs.
- Excellent.
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581. - Excellent, excellent.
- Bravo.
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582. Mr. President and gentlemen,
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583. I wish to propose the admission
of a new member.
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584. One who would be deeply,
deeply grateful
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585. and would add immensely
to the spirit of the club.
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586. I propose...
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587. Mr. Theodore Laurence!
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588. - Absolutely not.
- No.
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589. - What? Come, now. Let's have him.
- He's a real boy.
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590. - We don't want any boys. This is a club for ladies.
- Yes.
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591. - I think we should do it.
- Why?
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592. - Even if we are afraid, I say yes.
- Why?
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593. - It's Laurie.
- What? No.
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594. It'll change everything.
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595. I call a vote. Put your hands up.
"Aye, aye, aye."
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596. - Don't put her hand up.
- Put your hand up. It's Laurie.
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597. Fine. Aye.
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598. And as there is no time
like the present...
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599. Ladies, ladies,
please, please.
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600. This is my stratagem. I deserve the blame.
Jo only gave in to it after lots of teasing.
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601. - Yes.
- Yes, yes.
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602. I merely wish to say as a slight token
of my gratitude that I...
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603. - Yes, yes.
- Go on.
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604. As a means of promoting friendly relations
between adjoining nations.
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605. - And thus, I propose this set of keys
- Ooh!
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606. for a little post office I've made
in the forest by the pond.
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607. - Yes, four keys. They're for you, darling.
- Ooh!
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608. - Meg, yes, yes. And for you.
- Oh, thank you very much.
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609. This is for me. And without further ado,
thank you for your favor.
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610. I will take my seat
as part of the club.
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611. - Yes, well. Of course. Yes, yes.
- Bravo, bravo.
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612. Welcome, Laurie.
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613. - Three, four, five.
- You both got five.
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614. - I asked the doctor.
- That's a draw, I think.
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615. - It doesn't make sense.
- I know. I can't believe it.
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616. Hello.
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617. Jo!
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618. Daisy and Demi! Can I have a hug?
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619. Oh, you've gotten so big.
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620. - I wish you were here to teach them.
- I know. Well, I'm here now.
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621. - So good to have you home.
- Take this off.
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622. I think the loneliness got to Beth,
though she ain't said anything.
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623. - Where is Beth?
- She's upstairs. Oh, my Jo.
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624. We all thought she was better,
but the fever'd weakened her heart.
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625. Take this and find her
the best doctor you can.
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626. - You need this money to live in New York.
- No, I'm not going back.
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627. I'm using the rest to take her
to the sea and get her strong.
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628. When's Amy coming home?
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629. - We didn't want to worry her.
- Does she not know?
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630. Beth insisted we not tell her
because she didn't want to ruin Amy's trip.
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631. Amy has always had a talent
for getting out of the hard parts of life.
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632. Jo, don't be angry with your sister.
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633. I can't seem to find anything.
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634. - Marmee, have you seen my glove?
- When did you last see it?
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635. Jo! Jo, where are you?
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636. - I can't find my other glove.
- Take mine.
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637. - Jo, we're going to be late.
- Where are you going?
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638. You're not invited.
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639. - You're going somewhere with Laurie. I know it.
- Yes, we are. Now, stop bothering.
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640. - You have the tickets?
- Yes. Hurry up.
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641. You're going to the theater with Laurie.
Meg, can I come? Please, can I come?
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642. - I'm sorry, but you weren't invited.
- You can't go, so don't be a baby and whine about it.
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643. I've been shut up here,
and I never get to go anywhere.
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644. - Beth has her piano, and I'm lonely.
- I can teach you chords.
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645. I don't want chords.
I want to go to the theater.
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646. No. I think you'd hate to poke yourself
in where you're not wanted.
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647. - We already have to deal with dull Mr. Brooke.
- I like him. He's kind.
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648. - But I can pay for myself.
- You will not come.
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649. I'm sorry, my sweet, but Jo is right.
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650. - No! Please.
- Next time.
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651. - Come, Meg. Stop petting her.
- Please, please, please!
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652. - You'll be sorry for this, Jo March!
- Amy!
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653. You will! You'll regret this!
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654. Stop looking at me like that!
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655. Oh, uh...
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656. - I loved every second of it.
- Ow. Jo!
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657. - I thought the actress was...
- Very, very good.
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658. - Yes, she was really good.
- She was. She was very good.
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659. Bye!
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660. Oh, I love the theater.
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661. Meg, you're a million times better than she was.
Although she was a terrific fainter.
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662. I wonder how she managed
to turn so white as she did.
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663. That Mr. Brooke, could he be
any more obsequious?
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664. - I thought he was very well-mannered.
- Hold on. Let me just get this idea down.
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665. - Beth, what's your favorite eye color?
- Purple.
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666. Mr. Brooke has blue eyes and an old soul,
which is much more important than money.
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667. Has anyone taken my novel?
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668. - No.
- No. Why?
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669. Amy, you've got it.
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670. - No, I haven't.
- That's a lie.
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671. I haven't got it, I don't know
where it is, and I don't care.
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672. Tell me, or I'll make you!
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673. - I burnt it up!
- Marmee!
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674. I burnt your book. I told you
I'd make you pay, and I did!
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675. All right, Jo! Jo! Jo!
Please get off her!
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676. Jo. Amy.
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677. - Get her off!
- I hate you!
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678. I'm sorry, Jo.
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679. Amy.
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680. It's just that the only thing
you care about is your writing.
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681. And it's not as if I could've hurt you
by ruining one of your dresses,
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682. and I really did want
to hurt you.
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683. I am the most sorry for it now.
I'm so sorry.
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684. Jo...
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685. don't let the sun go down
on your anger.
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686. Forgive her.
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687. Help each other.
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688. And you begin again tomorrow.
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689. She doesn't deserve my forgiveness.
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690. And I will hate her.
I will hate her forever!
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691. Good morning.
Brisk and brilliant outside today.
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692. - Last day at the river. Get your skates.
- Let's go!
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693. Jo, you promised me
I could come last time. Jo!
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694. Is she going
to be like this forever?
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695. It was a very hard loss for her.
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696. Is there nothing I can do?
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697. Go after her. Don't say anything
till Jo has got good-natured with Laurie,
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698. and then just say some kind thing.
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699. I'm sure she'll be friends again.
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700. Jo, wait!
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701. I'm coming!
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702. You said I could come last time!
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703. Jo, Laurie, wait! I'm coming!
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704. Wait!
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705. Jo!
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706. Stay near the edge.
It's not safe in the middle.
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707. - Got it.
- Jo!
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708. Jo, I'm coming!
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709. Woo-hoo-hoo!
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710. Jo!
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711. Jo, let's go!
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712. Jo, wait!
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713. Jo!
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714. - Are you all right?
- Yes.
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715. - Help! Help me!
- Amy. It's Amy.
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716. Come on. Come on, Jo.
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717. Jo!
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718. Jo!
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719. Jo, get a branch. Get a branch.
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720. - Amy.
- Jo!
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721. Amy. Amy.
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722. Help!
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723. I can't breathe!
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724. Jo, help me pull.
Amy, grab the branch. Grab it, Amy.
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725. I'm so sorry.
Oh, my sister, my sister.
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726. She's asleep.
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727. If she had died,
it would have been my fault.
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728. She'll be fine.
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729. The doctor said that he didn't
even think she'd catch cold.
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730. What is wrong with me?
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731. I've made so many resolutions,
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732. and I've written sad notes,
and I've cried over my sins...
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733. but it just doesn't seem to help.
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734. When I get in a passion,
I get so savage.
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735. I could hurt anyone,
and I'd enjoy it.
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736. You remind me of myself.
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737. But you're never angry.
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738. I'm angry nearly every day
of my life.
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739. You are?
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740. I am not patient by nature.
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741. But with nearly 40 years of effort,
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742. I'm learning to not let it
get the better of me.
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743. Well, I'll do the same, then.
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744. I hope you'll do
a great deal better than me.
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745. There are some natures
too noble to curb
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746. and too lofty to bend.
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747. Jo.
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748. Oh, Beth, my love. Oh.
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749. - You didn't need to come.
- I never should have left.
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750. Do you need anything? Here.
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751. Take some water.
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752. It's so good to see your face.
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753. We're going to the sea to get you strong and well.
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754. - The sea?
- I want you dancing by the time Amy gets back.
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755. - She's not cutting her trip short, is she?
- No, no.
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756. Good.
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757. Is there any news?
What does she say?
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758. She writes that Laurie is there.
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759. I'm glad he's with her.
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760. He won't respond
to any of my letters.
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761. Do you miss him?
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762. I miss everything.
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763. I know.
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764. - Hurry up, you two! Meg's gonna be gone for a week.
- We're coming!
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765. You take the other carriage,
Laurie, and spy on Meg.
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766. - Make sure she doesn't fall in love.
- I will.
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767. It was nice of Annie to invite me
to her debutante ball.
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768. - Thank you for letting me go.
- Just be who you are.
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769. And wear this to the ball.
It was mine when I was your age.
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770. I've never understood saving
jewelry until marriage.
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771. You should have something that's just yours.
Pretty things should be enjoyed.
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772. Yes, pretty things
should be enjoyed.
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773. - Can I see it?
- Hannah!
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774. I wish I could
go to the debutante ball.
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775. Do you think this is a good idea,
her going away like this?
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776. Girls have to go into the world
and make up their own minds about things.
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777. - Don't forget about us.
- I won't, Jo. It's only a week.
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778. - It's beautiful.
- It's not yours.
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779. - It would look very good on me.
- She needs to have some decent shoes.
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780. Thank you for the carriage, Mr. Laurence.
I don't know how to repay you.
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781. Nonsense, nonsense.
Copy !req
782. - I said hi to the horses. They're very nice.
- Although there is one thing.
Copy !req
783. It occurred to me today that my daughter's
piano suffers from want of use.
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784. Any of your girls like to run over
and practice on it now and then?
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785. Just to keep it in tune. If they don't care
to come, why, then never mind.
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786. Oh, sir, they do care.
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787. Very, very much.
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788. - You're the musical girl?
- I love it dearly.
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789. And I'll come if you are quite sure
nobody will hear me and be disturbed.
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790. Not a soul, my dear.
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791. - Miss you.
- Bye.
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792. - Can I borrow your ribbons?
- No.
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793. - Bye!
- Be good. Enjoy the ball.
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794. - Bye. I'll be back soon.
- Don't go and get married.
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795. Don't go fall in love.
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796. - Come back right now.
- I love you.
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797. - Right this second.
- Right this second.
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798. Whoa there.
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799. Thank you.
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800. I'd be so excited about tonight.
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801. - Of course.
- Oh, no, I don't actually...
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802. What dress will
you wear tonight, Meg?
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803. - I will wear this one.
- That one? Can't you send home for another?
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804. - I haven't got another.
- Only the one? Oh, that's so funny.
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805. Not at all.
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806. There's no need in sending home, Daisy.
I'm going to call you Daisy now.
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807. I've got a sweet pink dress laid away,
and you'll wear it to please me, won't you, Daisy?
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808. - If it's all right.
- Of course.
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809. Everyone's in love with you, Daisy.
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810. - You have to keep my dress.
- I can't keep your dress.
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811. - You have to. Please.
- No.
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812. I love seeing you in it.
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813. Have fun, little Daisy.
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814. Laurie. I didn't know
you were going to come.
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815. Supposed to be a surprise.
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816. And what a lovely surprise
it is.
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817. - Why are they calling you Daisy?
- It's their pet name for me.
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818. Meg is a perfectly good name.
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819. It's just like playing a part
to be Daisy for a little while.
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820. What would Jo say?
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821. You wouldn't actually marry
one of these men, would you?
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822. I might.
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823. You'll get a terrible headache tomorrow.
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824. Do you like how I look?
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825. No, I don't.
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826. Why not?
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827. I don't like fuss and feathers.
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828. You're the rudest boy I ever saw.
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829. Please forgive me and come dance.
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830. I'm afraid it would be
too disagreeable for you.
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831. I don't like your dress,
but I think you are just splendid.
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832. - Really?
- Really.
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833. I know it's silly,
but please don't tell Jo.
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834. Let me have my fun tonight. I'll be
desperately good for the rest of my life.
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835. I'm sorry, John.
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836. The silk was
the first real expense.
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837. Ahem. Fifty dollars, while a lot,
is not, I suppose,
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838. too much for a dress with all the notions
that are needed to finish it these days.
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839. It's not exactly even a dress yet.
It's...
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840. It's just the fabric.
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841. Oh.
Copy !req
842. I see.
Copy !req
843. I know you're angry, John.
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844. I don't mean to waste your money,
but I can't resist
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845. when I see Sallie buying all she wants
and pitying me because I don't.
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846. I try to be contented,
but it is hard.
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847. And I'm tired of being poor.
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848. I was afraid of this.
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849. I do my best, Meg.
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850. Oh, John.
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851. My dear, kind, hardworking boy.
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852. It was so ungrateful and wicked.
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853. How could I say it?
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854. - Perhaps you meant it.
- No, I didn't.
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855. We'll work out a way to get
you your coat as well,
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856. and then won't we be grand,
the two of us?
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857. I can't afford it, my dear.
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858. - John.
- I need to go to bed.
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859. John.
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860. And I really am very sorry that you've had
to do without so many beautiful things...
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861. and that you're married to someone
who can't give them to you.
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862. Hello, Amy.
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863. I don't want to see you.
Copy !req
864. Don't be mad at me.
I'm sorry for how I behaved.
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865. Have you been drinking again?
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866. - Why are you being so hard on me? It's 4 p.m.
- Someone has to do it.
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867. When do you begin your great work
of art, Raphaella?
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868. Never.
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869. "Never"? What? Why?
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870. I'm a failure.
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871. Jo is in New York being
a writer, and I'm a failure.
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872. That's quite a statement
to make at 20.
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873. Rome took all the vanity out of me,
and Paris made me realize I'd never be a genius,
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874. - so I'm giving up all my foolish artistic hopes.
- Why should you give up?
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875. - You have so much talent and energy.
- Talent isn't genius.
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876. And no amount of
energy can make it so.
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877. I want to be great
or nothing.
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878. And I will not be some commonplace dauber,
and I don't intend to try anymore.
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879. Heh. What women are allowed
into the club of geniuses anyway?
Copy !req
880. The Brontës?
Copy !req
881. Hmm.
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882. - That's it?
- Yes, I think so.
Copy !req
883. And who always declares genius?
Copy !req
884. - Men, I suppose.
- They're cutting down the competition.
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885. Ha, ha. That's a very complicated argument
to make me feel better.
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886. Do you though?
Do you feel better?
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887. - I do think, male or female, I am of middling talent.
- "Middling talent"?
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888. Then may I ask
your last portrait be of me?
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889. All right.
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890. Now that you've given up
all your foolish artistic hopes...
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891. Mm-hm?
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892. what are you gonna do
with your life?
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893. Polish up all my other talents
and become an ornament to society.
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894. That's where Fred Vaughn
comes in, I suppose.
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895. - Don't make fun.
- I said his name.
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896. - You're not engaged, I hope.
- No.
Copy !req
897. But you will be if he goes
down properly on one knee?
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898. Most likely, yes.
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899. He's rich. Richer than you, even.
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900. I understand queens of society can't
get on without money,
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901. although it does sound odd from the mouth
of one of your mother's girls.
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902. I've always known I would marry rich.
Why should I be ashamed of that?
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903. It's nothing to be ashamed of,
as long as you love him.
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904. I believe we have some power
over who we love.
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905. It isn't something that
just happens to a person.
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906. I think the poets might disagree.
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907. Well, I'm not a poet.
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908. I'm just a woman.
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909. And as a woman, there's no way
for me to make my own money.
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910. Not enough to earn a living
or to support my family.
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911. If I had my own money,
which I don't,
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912. that money would belong to my husband
the moment we got married.
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913. If we had children,
they would be his, not mine.
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914. They would be his property.
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915. So don't sit there and tell me that marriage isn't
an economic proposition because it is.
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916. It may not be for you,
but it most certainly is for me.
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917. Oh, that's Fred.
Can you unbutton me, please?
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918. Thank you.
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919. How do I look?
Do I look all right?
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920. You look beautiful.
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921. You are beautiful.
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922. Hmm.
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923. Fred!
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924. I've missed you.
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925. This is Fred Vaughn and his sister, Kate.
Course you know Mr. Brooke.
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926. This is Meg, Amy, Beth, and Jo.
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927. - So pleased to meet you.
- Oh, how elegant.
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928. I'm Amy March. You remember that name.
I'm gonna come find you one day in London.
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929. Oh, I certainly will.
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930. - Oh, that missed a boat.
- That's very kind.
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931. - Well...
- Sorry.
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932. I know something you don't know.
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933. - Tell me this second.
- Has Meg perhaps mislaid a glove?
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934. - Mr. Brooke has it!
- Yes.
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935. - How do you know?
- I saw it.
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936. - Where?
- In his pocket.
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937. - All this time?
- Yes. Isn't it romantic?
Copy !req
938. - No, it's horrid.
- I thought you'd be pleased.
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939. At the idea of anybody coming
to take Meg away? No, thank you.
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940. Ah. You'll feel better when somebody comes
to take you away.
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941. - I'd like to see anyone try it.
- I would like to see someone try as well.
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942. "We could never have
loved the earth so well
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943. if we had had no childhood
in it,
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944. if it were not the earth where the same
flowers come up again every spring
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945. that we used to gather
with our tiny fingers.
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946. What novelty is worth
that sweet monotony
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947. where everything is known
and loved
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948. because it is known?"
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949. How great is that?
Copy !req
950. Mm.
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951. I love to listen
to you read, Jo,
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952. but I just love it better when you read
the stories you've written.
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953. I don't have any new stories.
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954. Why not?
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955. Haven't written any.
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956. You have a pencil and paper.
Sit here and write me something.
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957. I can't.
Copy !req
958. I don't think I can anymore.
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959. Why?
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960. It's just... no one even cares
to hear my stories anyway.
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961. Write something for me.
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962. You are a writer.
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963. Even before anyone knew
or paid you.
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964. I'm very sick,
and you must do what I say.
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965. Do what Marmee taught us to do.
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966. Do it for someone else.
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967. If you're walking to Vermont,
there's a Mrs. Sewall in Keene, New Hampshire,
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968. - who will give you room and board.
- There you are.
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969. You should go home.
I can take care of this.
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970. No, I need to be here.
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971. I've spent my whole life ashamed
of my country.
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972. No offense meant,
but you should still be ashamed.
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973. I know. I am.
Copy !req
974. - Hello, sir.
- Hello, ma'am.
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975. Do you have sons in the Army?
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976. Yes, ma'am. I had four.
Copy !req
977. But two were killed,
and one is a prisoner.
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978. I'm going to the other, who's very sick
in a Washington hospital.
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979. You've done a great deal
for your country, sir.
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980. I'd go myself if I was any use,
but as I ain't, I give my boys.
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981. Sir, I'll get you a blanket...
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982. to keep you warm.
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983. - Thank you. God bless.
- Bless you, sir.
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984. Mrs. March. Telegram
from Washington, ma'am.
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985. - Is Jo back yet from Aunt March?
- No, I haven't seen her yet.
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986. - I've got it!
- You want another pair of shoes?
Copy !req
987. Thank you.
I can't miss the last train.
Copy !req
988. - Hannah, did you get Father's nightshirts?
- Yes, I did.
Copy !req
989. What can I do to help,
Beth?
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990. - Thank you for being here.
- Of course.
Copy !req
991. - Did you find the warm blanket?
- If I may be of any more assistance, please tell me.
Copy !req
992. - I'll look in on the girls every day without fail.
- Do we need more books or cloth?
Copy !req
993. Thank you.
Copy !req
994. I've always admired your husband.
I pray for a quick recovery.
Copy !req
995. I found these linens.
Copy !req
996. - Hannah, medicine?
- The medicine is all packed.
Copy !req
997. - Oh, I'm sorry.
- I came to offer myself as escort to your mother.
Copy !req
998. Mr. Laurence has commissions
in Washington,
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999. and it would give me real satisfaction
to be of service to her there.
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1000. Oh.
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1001. - Thank you.
- Of course.
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1002. All right, while I'm gone,
Hannah is in charge.
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1003. Remember to check on the Hummels.
It will be a difficult winter for everyone.
Copy !req
1004. Will this be enough
for the train?
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1005. Twenty-five dollars? That's not like
Aunt March to be so generous.
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1006. I didn't go to Aunt March.
I couldn't bear to.
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1007. - Where'd you get the money?
- I only sold what was my own.
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1008. Jo! Your hair!
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1009. - Your one beauty.
- You look like a boy.
Copy !req
1010. Well, it doesn't affect the fate
of the nation, so don't wail.
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1011. Oh, I'm so proud you're my daughter.
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1012. I was crazy to do something for Father.
It'll be good for my vanity anyway.
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1013. - That could be nice.
- You never do that.
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1014. - This isn't what I wanted for her.
- Oh, Teddy.
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1015. Oh, Jo.
Copy !req
1016. My girls, I love you
more than words can say.
Copy !req
1017. Be good to each other.
Pray for Father's recovery.
Copy !req
1018. And I'll be back as soon as I can.
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1019. Love you.
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1020. Jo.
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1021. What is it? Is it Father?
Copy !req
1022. No.
Copy !req
1023. It's my hair.
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1024. I would feel the same way.
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1025. I know you would.
Copy !req
1026. Laurie, when are you
going back to your grandfather?
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1027. Very soon.
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1028. - You've said that a dozen times in the past month.
- Short answers save trouble.
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1029. Well, he is expecting you,
so why don't you do it?
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1030. - Natural depravity, I suppose.
- Natural indolence, you mean.
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1031. I'll only plague him if I go, so I might
as well stay and plague you a little longer.
Copy !req
1032. You can bear it.
Copy !req
1033. - In fact, I think it agrees with you.
- Stop it. Stop.
Copy !req
1034. - What are you doing?
- I'm looking at you.
Copy !req
1035. I mean, what do you intend to do?
Copy !req
1036. - With life?
- Yes.
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1037. I've been writing an opera.
I would be the central figure.
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1038. That's a waste of time.
Copy !req
1039. What would you have me do?
Copy !req
1040. Go work for your grandfather
and make something of yourself.
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1041. You're not playing fair.
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1042. Here.
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1043. That's... That's very good.
Copy !req
1044. When did you do this one?
Copy !req
1045. It was the day at the beach.
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1046. First time I met Fred.
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1047. That's right.
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1048. What's he doing?
Copy !req
1049. He's in London on business.
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1050. He'll be back in a few weeks.
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1051. Don't marry him.
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1052. What?
Copy !req
1053. Don't marry him.
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1054. Why?
Copy !req
1055. Why? You know why.
Copy !req
1056. No.
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1057. No.
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1058. - Yes.
- No. Laurie.
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1059. - What?
- You're being mean.
Copy !req
1060. - Stop it. Stop it.
- What? How am I being mean?
Copy !req
1061. I have been second to Jo
my whole life in everything.
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1062. And I will not be the person you settle
for just because you cannot have her.
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1063. I won't. I won't do it.
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1064. I won't. Not when I've spent
my entire life loving you.
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1065. I'm making a mold of my foot for Laurie,
to remind him I have nice feet.
Copy !req
1066. Mr. Brooke writes that Father
is still very weak but improving.
Copy !req
1067. Mr. Brooke also says that Mother is
the best nurse a man could ask for.
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1068. I wish all the letters were
from Mother and not Mr. Brooke.
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1069. I'm grateful for any letters.
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1070. I think the deep purple is
very fitting for Mr. Laurence.
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1071. - Do you agree, Amy?
- Mm-hm. Quite. The design is very cunning.
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1072. I had to thank him somehow for allowing me
to play the piano at his house all the time.
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1073. I'm going into town for groceries.
Jo, can you look into getting more firewood?
Copy !req
1074. You all haven't been
to the Hummels. We should go.
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1075. Bethy, we barely have enough to feed ourselves.
Besides, I have to finish this story.
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1076. - Marmee said...
- Marmee told us to do lots of things,
Copy !req
1077. but we can't possibly do them all.
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1078. I always go by myself. And you haven't
kept up with your tasks.
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1079. - We do. We work.
- Don't worry. We'll find a time.
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1080. But it's been weeks.
Copy !req
1081. - We'll go soon.
- My foot is stuck! I can't get it out!
Copy !req
1082. Stop it, Jo! I can't get it out!
I'm going to lose my foot. Ow.
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1083. Fine. I'll go myself.
Copy !req
1084. Hello. For Mr. Laurence.
Copy !req
1085. Shh. Here she comes.
Copy !req
1086. Beth, look what they got you!
Copy !req
1087. - Here's a letter from the old gentleman.
- Open the note.
Copy !req
1088. Oh, Beth, just look.
Copy !req
1089. Jo, read the letter. I cannot.
Copy !req
1090. "Miss Beth March, I have had
many pairs of slippers in my life,
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1091. but I never had any
that suited me so well as yours.
Copy !req
1092. And they will always remind me
of the gentle giver.
Copy !req
1093. I like to pay my debts
and hope you will accept this gift.
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1094. Your grateful friend
and humble servant, James Laurence."
Copy !req
1095. - Oh, Beth!
- So sweet. "Your humble servant."
Copy !req
1096. - Isn't it beautiful?
- Look how shiny it is!
Copy !req
1097. - Yes.
- It has gold that goes all the way around the back.
Copy !req
1098. - His handwriting is beautiful.
- It's got a little drawer here.
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1099. Sir, I wanted to thank you for...
Copy !req
1100. You remind me...
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1101. so much of my little girl.
Copy !req
1102. The piano is yours.
Copy !req
1103. - I should have given it to you long ago.
- Thank you.
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1104. My child...
Copy !req
1105. you're burning.
Copy !req
1106. The Hummels are very sick.
Copy !req
1107. She's resting.
Copy !req
1108. - How is she? Is there anything I can do?
- What is it?
Copy !req
1109. - Scarlet fever.
- What's scarlet fever?
Copy !req
1110. I visited the Hummels.
The baby has died.
Copy !req
1111. Have you all had it before?
Copy !req
1112. - Meg and I have, but Amy hasn't.
- Then she'll have to be sent away.
Copy !req
1113. I don't want to be sent away.
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1114. - See if Aunt March can take her.
- I don't like Aunt March.
Copy !req
1115. - It's for your own good, child.
- Should we send for Mother?
Copy !req
1116. - No, we shouldn't worry her.
- I've never wished for money more than now.
Copy !req
1117. Listen, we'll nurse her
and she'll get better.
Copy !req
1118. She will.
Copy !req
1119. "The post office in the forest was
a capital little institution
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1120. and flourished wonderfully,
for many things passed through it.
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1121. Poetry and pickles,
music and gingerbread,
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1122. invitations, scoldings,
and even puppies."
Copy !req
1123. - It's all about us.
- It is.
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1124. - I love it.
- It's just a little story.
Copy !req
1125. - Nothing like what you usually write.
- You think it's too boring?
Copy !req
1126. - No, it's my favorite one yet.
- Really?
Copy !req
1127. - Write me another.
- Yes, ma'am.
Copy !req
1128. - Keep writing them.
- I will.
Copy !req
1129. Even when I'm not here.
Copy !req
1130. - Don't say that. Don't say it.
- Jo, I have to tell you.
Copy !req
1131. No, you don't.
Copy !req
1132. I've had a very long time
to think about this, and...
Copy !req
1133. - And I'm not afraid.
- No.
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1134. Nope.
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1135. It's like the tide going out.
It goes out slowly, but it can't be stopped.
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1136. I'll stop it.
Copy !req
1137. I stopped it before.
Copy !req
1138. You will get better,
Father will get better,
Copy !req
1139. and we'll all be together soon,
all right?
Copy !req
1140. We...
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1141. - We can't stop God's will.
- Well, God hasn't met my will yet.
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1142. What Jo wills shall be done.
Copy !req
1143. Amy.
Copy !req
1144. Come here.
Copy !req
1145. Yes?
Copy !req
1146. Come, sit.
Copy !req
1147. If you are very good, one day,
this ring will belong to you.
Copy !req
1148. - Really?
- If you keep being a proper young lady,
Copy !req
1149. just see if it doesn't.
Copy !req
1150. You are your family's hope now.
Copy !req
1151. Beth is sick, Jo is a lost cause,
Copy !req
1152. and I hear Meg has had her head turned
by a penniless tutor, so...
Copy !req
1153. it'll be up to you to support them all.
Copy !req
1154. And your indigent parents
in their old age.
Copy !req
1155. So you must marry well.
Copy !req
1156. Hmm?
Copy !req
1157. Save your family.
Copy !req
1158. All right, that's, uh...
That's all I wanted to say to you.
Copy !req
1159. So you can go back
and do your little painting.
Copy !req
1160. - Hello, Aunt March.
- Oh.
Copy !req
1161. That Laurence boy was just here.
Copy !req
1162. He was?
Copy !req
1163. What a disappointment
he's turned out to be.
Copy !req
1164. Must be the Italian in him.
Copy !req
1165. Uh, when will he be back?
Copy !req
1166. Hmm.
Copy !req
1167. He's gone.
Copy !req
1168. To London.
Copy !req
1169. Why?
Copy !req
1170. What do you need to discuss
with him?
Copy !req
1171. I... I just told Fred Vaughn
I wouldn't marry him.
Copy !req
1172. Meg.
Copy !req
1173. I'll come home to help
with the children. Sorry.
Copy !req
1174. - I just... I'm so worried for Beth.
- Stay.
Copy !req
1175. - I asked for leave. I will take care of the children.
- Oh, John.
Copy !req
1176. There's one other thing.
Copy !req
1177. You should send your fabric
to the dressmaker as soon as possible.
Copy !req
1178. - I can't.
- I don't want to hear another word.
Copy !req
1179. I want you to have that dress.
Copy !req
1180. My old coat will be fine
for the winter.
Copy !req
1181. - John, I...
- It's all settled.
Copy !req
1182. John, I really can't.
Copy !req
1183. I sold the fabric to Sallie.
Copy !req
1184. You did?
Copy !req
1185. I don't want you to be unhappy.
Copy !req
1186. I couldn't be.
Copy !req
1187. John Brooke is my husband.
Copy !req
1188. And I am his wife.
Copy !req
1189. Hannah! It's all right.
It's all right.
Copy !req
1190. What do we do?
Copy !req
1191. We should send for your mother.
Copy !req
1192. - Marmee!
- Bless you.
Copy !req
1193. She's worse. I didn't know
what else to do.
Copy !req
1194. - Jo, how is she?
- My girls.
Copy !req
1195. My sweet Beth.
Copy !req
1196. Hannah, make a clear broth.
Jo, get ice. We need to cool you.
Copy !req
1197. Who's with Father?
Copy !req
1198. John stayed with him.
Copy !req
1199. We need to change the linens.
Copy !req
1200. We're going to move you,
sweet girl.
Copy !req
1201. - Oh, look at her.
- That's it.
Copy !req
1202. Hold on. It's okay.
Copy !req
1203. I know.
Copy !req
1204. Please fight.
Copy !req
1205. Don't go quietly.
Copy !req
1206. Fight.
Copy !req
1207. Please, please, just fight
to the end and be loud,
Copy !req
1208. and don't just quietly go away, Beth.
Copy !req
1209. Marmee?
Copy !req
1210. Marmee?
Copy !req
1211. Marmee?
Copy !req
1212. Jo.
Copy !req
1213. Merry Christmas, Beth.
Copy !req
1214. Popcorn. Make sure that it's
in the middle.
Copy !req
1215. - I know.
- You're doing the sides first,
Copy !req
1216. and they aren't spaced for my popcorn
because I'm making a popcorn garland.
Copy !req
1217. And you're wasting decorations,
and they're not dangling right.
Copy !req
1218. The sides are the most important thing.
If you don't have the sides...
Copy !req
1219. Here's another Christmas gift
for the March family.
Copy !req
1220. - Oh, my God! Father!
- Father!
Copy !req
1221. Father!
Copy !req
1222. My little women.
Copy !req
1223. How you've grown.
Copy !req
1224. Oh, Beth.
Copy !req
1225. Merry Christmas, my dear.
Copy !req
1226. - Merry Christmas to each of you.
- Merry Christmas, Father.
Copy !req
1227. Merry Christmas.
Copy !req
1228. Oh, thank God.
Copy !req
1229. - Thank God you're home.
- Thank God for you.
Copy !req
1230. Now I can be angry with you
in person.
Copy !req
1231. I can't believe today
is my wedding day.
Copy !req
1232. Mm.
Copy !req
1233. What's wrong?
Copy !req
1234. Nothing.
Copy !req
1235. Jo.
Copy !req
1236. We can leave.
We can leave right now.
Copy !req
1237. I can make money. I'll sell stories.
Copy !req
1238. I'll do anything. I'll cook. I'll clean.
I'll work in a factory. I can make a life for us.
Copy !req
1239. - Jo...
- And you should be an actress,
Copy !req
1240. and you should have
a life on the stage.
Copy !req
1241. Let's just run away together.
Copy !req
1242. - I want to get married.
- Oh, why?
Copy !req
1243. Because I love him.
Copy !req
1244. You will be bored of him
in two years,
Copy !req
1245. and we'll be interesting forever.
Copy !req
1246. Just because my dreams are different than yours
doesn't mean they're unimportant.
Copy !req
1247. I want a home.
Copy !req
1248. And a family. And I'm willing
to work and struggle.
Copy !req
1249. But I want to do it with John.
Copy !req
1250. I just hate that you're leaving me.
Copy !req
1251. Don't leave.
Copy !req
1252. Oh, Jo.
Copy !req
1253. I'm not leaving you.
Copy !req
1254. And besides...
Copy !req
1255. one day, it will be your turn.
Copy !req
1256. I'd rather be a free spinster
and paddle my own canoe.
Copy !req
1257. I would.
Copy !req
1258. Can't believe childhood is over.
Copy !req
1259. It was going to end one way
or another.
Copy !req
1260. And what a happy end.
Copy !req
1261. What excessive promises...
Copy !req
1262. giving yourself away
to get the other.
Copy !req
1263. What a gift.
Copy !req
1264. Always given before is known
the cost or the reward.
Copy !req
1265. I pronounce you man and wife.
Copy !req
1266. You may kiss the bride.
Copy !req
1267. Oh, don't have to make a fuss.
Copy !req
1268. You don't need to see me
to the carriage.
Copy !req
1269. Oh, I'm happy to.
Copy !req
1270. I hope you will be happy now...
Copy !req
1271. that you've ruined your life the same way
your mother did by marrying your father.
Copy !req
1272. My dear sister,
you're too kind.
Copy !req
1273. - And thank you for today's festivities.
- You're most welcome.
Copy !req
1274. Thank you, Aunt March.
Copy !req
1275. Oh, I don't like to be kissed.
Copy !req
1276. Oh, I'm sorry.
Copy !req
1277. You will be sorry when you've tried love
in a cottage and found it a failure.
Copy !req
1278. It can't be worse than
some people find in big houses.
Copy !req
1279. Oh, I quite understand your meaning,
missus.
Copy !req
1280. I don't miss a thing.
Copy !req
1281. We know this.
Copy !req
1282. And you're not entirely wrong.
Copy !req
1283. I may not always be right,
but I'm never wrong.
Copy !req
1284. Ohh. And here is the only sane member
of the family.
Copy !req
1285. I really can't take
any more of this.
Copy !req
1286. - I know.
- You can imagine.
Copy !req
1287. Marmee! Marmee!
Marmee, Marmee, Marmee!
Copy !req
1288. - What?
- Aunt March is going to Europe.
Copy !req
1289. Oh, and she wants me
to go with her!
Copy !req
1290. That's wonderful!
Copy !req
1291. Now I know why I spent
all those boring hours reading to her.
Copy !req
1292. No, no, she wants me to go.
Copy !req
1293. As her companion.
Copy !req
1294. Europe, with you?
Copy !req
1295. Yes, she wants me to work on my art
and my French, of course.
Copy !req
1296. You don't really like
French though, do you?
Copy !req
1297. That's wonderful, Amy.
Copy !req
1298. Father! I'm going to Europe!
Copy !req
1299. Meg married.
Copy !req
1300. Amy off to Europe.
Copy !req
1301. And now that you're a graduate,
you'll be off on a long holiday.
Copy !req
1302. I'm just not good like Beth,
so I'm angry and restless.
Copy !req
1303. You don't have to stay here, Jo.
Copy !req
1304. Why? Should we run off
and join a pirate ship?
Copy !req
1305. - No. No.
- It's no use, Jo.
Copy !req
1306. - Don't.
- We got to have it out.
Copy !req
1307. - No.
- I have loved you
Copy !req
1308. ever since I've known you, Jo.
I couldn't help it.
Copy !req
1309. - I tried to show and you wouldn't let me.
- No.
Copy !req
1310. But I must make you hear now and give me
an answer because I cannot go on like this!
Copy !req
1311. - Please don't.
- I gave up billiards.
Copy !req
1312. I gave up everything you didn't like.
I'm happy I did.
Copy !req
1313. It's fine, and I waited,
and I never complained because I...
Copy !req
1314. You know, I figured
you'd love me, Jo.
Copy !req
1315. And I realize I'm not
half good enough
Copy !req
1316. - and I'm not this great man...
- No! Yes, you are.
Copy !req
1317. You're a great deal
too good for me.
Copy !req
1318. And I'm so grateful to you,
and I'm so proud of you, and I just...
Copy !req
1319. I don't see why I can't love you
as you want me to.
Copy !req
1320. I don't know why.
Copy !req
1321. You can't?
Copy !req
1322. No. I can't.
Copy !req
1323. I can't change how I feel, and...
Copy !req
1324. it would be a lie to say
I do when I don't.
Copy !req
1325. I'm so sorry, Teddy.
Copy !req
1326. I'm so sorry,
but I just can't help it.
Copy !req
1327. I can't love anyone else, Jo.
I only love you.
Copy !req
1328. It would be a disaster
if we married.
Copy !req
1329. - It wouldn't be.
- We'd be miserable.
Copy !req
1330. - Jo, I'd be a perfect saint.
- I can't! I can't!
Copy !req
1331. - I've tried it and I failed. I can't.
- Why does everyone expect it, then?
Copy !req
1332. Why does your family and my grandpa expect it?
Why are you saying this? Say yes.
Copy !req
1333. - Let's be happy together, Jo!
- I can't say yes truly, so I'm not going to say it at all.
Copy !req
1334. You'll see that I'm right eventually,
Copy !req
1335. and you'll thank me for it.
Copy !req
1336. I'd rather hang myself
than realize this, Jo.
Copy !req
1337. - Teddy.
- I would rather be dead.
Copy !req
1338. Teddy, don't say that.
Copy !req
1339. Teddy.
Copy !req
1340. Listen, you'll find some lovely,
accomplished girl
Copy !req
1341. who will love you
and adore you,
Copy !req
1342. and she's gonna make a fine mistress
for your fine house, but I wouldn't.
Copy !req
1343. - Yes, you would, Jo.
- Look at me.
Copy !req
1344. - I'm homely, and I'm awkward, and I'm odd.
- I love you, Jo.
Copy !req
1345. - And you'd be ashamed of me.
- I love you, Jo.
Copy !req
1346. And we would quarrel
because we can't help it even now.
Copy !req
1347. I'd hate elegant society, you'd hate
my scribbling, and we would be unhappy.
Copy !req
1348. And we'd wish we hadn't done it,
and everything will be horrid.
Copy !req
1349. Is there anything more?
Copy !req
1350. - No, nothing more.
- All right.
Copy !req
1351. Except that...
Copy !req
1352. Teddy, I don't believe
I will ever marry.
Copy !req
1353. I'm happy as I am,
Copy !req
1354. and I love my liberty too well
to be in any hurry to give it up.
Copy !req
1355. - I think you're wrong, Jo.
- No.
Copy !req
1356. I think you will marry.
I think you'll find someone and love them.
Copy !req
1357. And you will live and die for them
because that's your way, and you will.
Copy !req
1358. And I'll watch.
Copy !req
1359. I don't want to disturb your writing.
Copy !req
1360. I don't do that anymore.
Copy !req
1361. It didn't save her.
Copy !req
1362. You're much too lonely here, Jo.
Copy !req
1363. Wouldn't you like to go back to New York?
What about your friend Friedrich?
Copy !req
1364. - Wasn't that his name?
- No.
Copy !req
1365. I ruined our friendship with my temper,
just as I ruin everything.
Copy !req
1366. I'm sure I'll never see him again.
Copy !req
1367. I doubt that a sincere friend
would be deterred.
Copy !req
1368. I wish that were true.
Copy !req
1369. If I was a girl in a book,
this would all be so easy.
Copy !req
1370. Just give up the world happily.
Copy !req
1371. Laurie's returning, you know.
Copy !req
1372. - Oh, he is?
- Mm.
Copy !req
1373. There was a letter from Amy.
She's coming home.
Copy !req
1374. She's devastated about Beth.
Copy !req
1375. Aunt March is very ill,
so Laurie will accompany them.
Copy !req
1376. - That's good of him.
- Mm.
Copy !req
1377. - What is it?
- I don't know.
Copy !req
1378. I've always been quite content
with my family.
Copy !req
1379. Don't understand it.
Copy !req
1380. Perhaps...
Copy !req
1381. Perhaps I...
Copy !req
1382. was too quick in turning him down.
Copy !req
1383. Laurie.
Copy !req
1384. Do you love him?
Copy !req
1385. If he asked me again,
I think I would say yes.
Copy !req
1386. Do you think he'll ask me again?
Copy !req
1387. But do you love him?
Copy !req
1388. I care more to be loved.
Copy !req
1389. I want to be loved.
Copy !req
1390. That is not the same as loving.
Copy !req
1391. I know.
Copy !req
1392. You know, I just...
I just feel...
Copy !req
1393. I just feel like...
Copy !req
1394. women, they...
Copy !req
1395. They have minds and they have souls,
as well as just hearts.
Copy !req
1396. And they've got ambition and they've got talent,
as well as just beauty.
Copy !req
1397. And I'm so sick of people saying
that love is just all a woman is fit for.
Copy !req
1398. I'm so sick of it.
Copy !req
1399. But I'm... I'm so lonely.
Copy !req
1400. Couldn't let you travel alone
with Aunt March being so sick.
Copy !req
1401. Even if you despise me.
Copy !req
1402. I don't despise you, Laurie.
Copy !req
1403. Beth was the best of us.
Copy !req
1404. I'm not marrying Fred.
Copy !req
1405. I heard about that.
Copy !req
1406. And you are under no obligation
to say anything or do anything.
Copy !req
1407. I just didn't love him as I should.
Copy !req
1408. So we don't need to talk about it.
We don't need to say anything.
Copy !req
1409. My dear Teddy,
Copy !req
1410. I miss you more than
I can express.
Copy !req
1411. I used to think that
the worst fate was to be a wife.
Copy !req
1412. I was young and stupid.
Copy !req
1413. But now I have changed.
Copy !req
1414. The worst fate is to live
my life without you in it.
Copy !req
1415. I was wrong to turn you down
and run away to New York.
Copy !req
1416. Oysters!
Copy !req
1417. Lobsters!
Copy !req
1418. Jo.
Copy !req
1419. Jo. Jo.
Copy !req
1420. Jo.
Copy !req
1421. Wake up.
Copy !req
1422. Wake up.
Copy !req
1423. - Teddy! Oh, you're back.
- Are you glad to see me, then?
Copy !req
1424. Yes.
Copy !req
1425. Oh, I was worried.
Copy !req
1426. Oh. Here, come sit.
Copy !req
1427. How's Amy? Did she bother you all the way
from Europe with her preening?
Copy !req
1428. Yes, but I like that.
Copy !req
1429. Where is she?
Did she not come home?
Copy !req
1430. Your mother has her down at Meg's.
We stopped on the way.
Copy !req
1431. There was no getting my wife
out of their clutches.
Copy !req
1432. Your what?
Copy !req
1433. I've done it now.
It was meant to be a surprise.
Copy !req
1434. We were engaged
and we were hoping to wait,
Copy !req
1435. but that is to say that
now we are man and wife.
Copy !req
1436. You and Amy?
Copy !req
1437. Yes.
Copy !req
1438. Are you in love?
Copy !req
1439. Yes.
Copy !req
1440. Jo, I want to say one thing
and then we'll put it away forever.
Copy !req
1441. I've always loved you.
Copy !req
1442. But the love I feel for Amy,
it's different.
Copy !req
1443. And I think...
Copy !req
1444. you were right about this.
I think we would've killed each other.
Copy !req
1445. Yes.
Copy !req
1446. I think it was meant this way.
Copy !req
1447. Oh, Teddy.
Copy !req
1448. You're the only one that
ever calls me that, Jo.
Copy !req
1449. "Teddy."
Copy !req
1450. What does Amy call you?
Copy !req
1451. "My lord."
Copy !req
1452. That sounds like her.
Copy !req
1453. Well, you look deserving of it.
Copy !req
1454. Could we still be friends,
Jo, please?
Copy !req
1455. Of course, my boy.
Always.
Copy !req
1456. She's a painter.
Copy !req
1457. Are you excited?
Copy !req
1458. Laurie told you?
Copy !req
1459. Yes, yes.
Copy !req
1460. Amy, I'm so happy for you.
Copy !req
1461. This... This was meant to be.
Copy !req
1462. Oh, I'm so relieved.
Thank you.
Copy !req
1463. I wanted to write, Jo.
I wanted to write.
Copy !req
1464. And I wanted to explain,
but everything was happening so fast
Copy !req
1465. and I was worried you'd be angry at me.
Copy !req
1466. - No. No.
- No, you're not angry at me?
Copy !req
1467. Life is too short to be angry
at one's sisters.
Copy !req
1468. I really miss her.
Copy !req
1469. I know.
Copy !req
1470. Thank you.
Copy !req
1471. Mr. Laurence.
Copy !req
1472. Jo.
Copy !req
1473. Oh, Jo.
Copy !req
1474. I couldn't bring myself to...
Copy !req
1475. The house doesn't seem right
without her, and...
Copy !req
1476. Couldn't go in,
knowing she wouldn't be there.
Copy !req
1477. I know I'm not half
so good as my sister,
Copy !req
1478. but you know I'll be a friend
to lean on, if you'll let me.
Copy !req
1479. All right.
Copy !req
1480. Dear Mr. Dashwood,
Copy !req
1481. enclosed are the first few chapters
of a piece I've only begun working on.
Copy !req
1482. It could suit as a story for young people,
but I think it is probably quite boring.
Copy !req
1483. However, I'm sending it to you just in case
it has something of value, though I doubt it.
Copy !req
1484. Jo March.
Copy !req
1485. I thought she hated me.
Copy !req
1486. She could still hate you
and leave you the house.
Copy !req
1487. What about you and John?
Copy !req
1488. We can't manage a grand house
like this. It's too big.
Copy !req
1489. I should sell it, but I'd love to do something
that would really make Aunt March turn in her grave.
Copy !req
1490. - I wouldn't mind that.
- A nice turning.
Copy !req
1491. Just a rotation,
nothing terrible.
Copy !req
1492. What will you do?
Copy !req
1493. I'd like to open a school.
Copy !req
1494. We never had a proper school,
and now there are women's colleges opening.
Copy !req
1495. There should be a school. For Daisy.
Copy !req
1496. - And what will Demi do?
- I'll open a school for boys and girls both.
Copy !req
1497. What about writing?
Copy !req
1498. - What about it?
- What are you working on?
Copy !req
1499. I started something,
but I don't think it's very good.
Copy !req
1500. - Everyone likes what you write.
- No, they don't.
Copy !req
1501. I do.
Copy !req
1502. Well, it's just
about our little life.
Copy !req
1503. So?
Copy !req
1504. Well, who will be
interested in a story
Copy !req
1505. of domestic struggles
and joys?
Copy !req
1506. It doesn't have any
real importance.
Copy !req
1507. Maybe it doesn't seem important
because people don't write about them.
Copy !req
1508. No, writing doesn't confer importance.
It reflects it.
Copy !req
1509. I don't think so.
Copy !req
1510. Writing them will make them
more important.
Copy !req
1511. When did you become so wise?
Copy !req
1512. I always have been. You were just
too busy noticing my faults.
Copy !req
1513. Which were never there,
of course.
Copy !req
1514. Dear Miss March,
Copy !req
1515. I read the chapters you sent and I have
to agree, they aren't very promising.
Copy !req
1516. But, please, send more stories
of the scandalous variety, if you have any.
Copy !req
1517. Or, shall I say, your friend can.
Copy !req
1518. My apologies for the joke.
Copy !req
1519. I couldn't help it.
Copy !req
1520. Jo, come down!
Copy !req
1521. Coming!
Copy !req
1522. I'm starving.
Copy !req
1523. - Jo, you might wanna wait because...
- I'm famished.
Copy !req
1524. But, Jo, dear, you have a guest.
Copy !req
1525. I don't know anyone.
Copy !req
1526. I'm sorry to intrude, but...
Copy !req
1527. It's you.
Copy !req
1528. Oh, uh... Heh.
Copy !req
1529. Hello.
Copy !req
1530. Hello. I'm Josephine March.
Copy !req
1531. - I'm Jo.
- Josephine, is that you?
Copy !req
1532. Welcome! Welcome.
This is Kitty and Minnie.
Copy !req
1533. And I see that you have already met our professor.
And he's a very accomplished man.
Copy !req
1534. And your mother says
that you are a writer.
Copy !req
1535. I keep a diary,
you know.
Copy !req
1536. We have a lot of interesting people here,
intellectuals and Europeans...
Copy !req
1537. Jo, I hope it is all right.
I got your address from Ms. Kirke.
Copy !req
1538. Who's this?
Who are you?
Copy !req
1539. I'm so sorry to intrude.
I was close by, and I thought I'd...
Copy !req
1540. - But I'll be going.
- No, no.
Copy !req
1541. Please stay.
We have more than enough room.
Copy !req
1542. Can someone tell me
who this man is?
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1543. I don't want to be a burden.
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1544. Oh, you're not a burden at all.
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1545. - Yes, of course. Please.
- I'm Laurie.
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1546. - Who are you?
- I'm Friedrich Bhaer.
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1547. We were at the same boardinghouse
together in New York.
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1548. Oh, Jo, he's very handsome.
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1549. Do you intend to stay
in New York?
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1550. No. I've been offered
a professorship in California.
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1551. And, as I have nothing
keeping me here,
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1552. I thought I might go west.
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1553. It is new there, and they are
less particular about immigrants.
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1554. Perhaps I should go west.
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1555. You're not an immigrant,
so perhaps you should stay home.
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1556. I'm going!
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1557. Jo!
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1558. - Joseph, not Josephine.
- I know Joseph.
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1559. Pretty well, actually.
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1560. This is a beautiful instrument.
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1561. Which one of you plays?
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1562. Oh, it was my sister Beth.
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1563. We all play a little, but...
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1564. But none so well as her.
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1565. It is very hard to lose
a sister.
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1566. I'm sorry.
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1567. - Do you play?
- Yes. I do.
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1568. It would make us so happy
if you'd play now.
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1569. She wouldn't want the piano
to sit silent.
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1570. I don't wish to offend.
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1571. Not in the least.
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1572. - It was so lovely to meet you.
- Lovely to meet you. Goodbye.
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1573. It was a real pleasure, Mr. Bhaer.
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1574. - Bye, Laurie.
- Goodbye.
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1575. - Thank you for everything.
- Lovely to have you.
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1576. If you ever come to California,
I would love to see you.
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1577. I don't know that I will,
but thank you.
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1578. Well, goodbye.
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1579. Goodbye.
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1580. What?
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1581. Why are you all looking
at me like that?
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1582. What a wonderful man.
I hope he comes back.
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1583. He would make a terrific friend
for me.
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1584. - Oh, Father, he wasn't here for you!
- No?
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1585. - Jo, you love him.
- What?
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1586. - No, no, I don't.
- Yes, you do!
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1587. I am half as smart as you, but I can see
it so plainly. You love him.
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1588. - Doesn't she love him?
- Good instinct. You love him.
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1589. I have never seen you
so happy. What else is love?
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1590. You need to go after him. Laurie,
prepare the horses. We can catch him.
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1591. - I'm coming too.
- No, I'm not going.
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1592. - Yes, you are. Amy is right.
- Exactly!
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1593. Never thought I'd prepare a carriage
to help Jo March chase a man, but I like it.
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1594. - He's moving to California.
- That was fiction!
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1595. - He was practically begging for a reason to stay.
- But it's raining outside.
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1596. That doesn't matter.
Can you come with me?
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1597. - I need to fix you.
- Jo.
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1598. Laurie, will you stop standing there
and go get the horses ready? Thank you.
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1599. You never ask about my mother,
even when you know I've seen her.
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1600. I assume she's still alive.
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1601. But I ask after your mother.
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1602. And I have no idea why.
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1603. - You're willfully missing the point.
- That's true.
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1604. - What is that...? What do they want?
- I have no idea.
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1605. - Father, are you publishing this?
- What happened to the "little women"?
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1606. Tell me you have
the rest of this book.
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1607. What?
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1608. I'm just trying to fix this hair.
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1609. Ah! Stop, stop, stop.
Stop the carriage.
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1610. - Wait, stop!
- Stop the carriage!
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1611. - Stop. All right, Go. Out. Out.
- Go. Go, go, go.
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1612. - Go!
- Jo, your hair!
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1613. Kiss him with love!
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1614. Frankly, I don't see
why she didn't marry the neighbor.
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1615. Well, because the neighbor marries
her sister.
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1616. Right, right.
Of course.
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1617. - So who does she marry?
- No one.
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1618. She doesn't marry either of them.
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1619. No.
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1620. No! No, no,
that won't work at all.
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1621. She says the whole book that
she doesn't want to marry.
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1622. Who cares?
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1623. - Girls want to see women married, not consistent.
- No, it isn't the right ending.
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1624. The right ending is
the one that sells.
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1625. Trust me.
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1626. If you decide to end your delightful book
with your heroine a spinster,
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1627. no one will buy it.
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1628. It won't be worth printing.
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1629. I suppose marriage has always been
an economic proposition, even in fiction.
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1630. It's romance.
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1631. - It's mercenary.
- Just end it that way, will you?
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1632. Fine.
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1633. - Go!
- Jo, your hair!
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1634. - Kiss him with love!
- Go!
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1635. - You look so beautiful!
- Go, Jo!
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1636. Jo!
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1637. I... I don't want you to leave.
I want you to stay.
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1638. - You do?
- Yes.
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1639. I would never leave
if you wish me to stay.
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1640. - No, I want you to stay.
- I have nothing to give you, Jo.
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1641. It doesn't matter.
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1642. My hands are empty.
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1643. They're not empty.
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1644. I love it.
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1645. It's romantic.
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1646. It's very moving.
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1647. That's very emotional.
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1648. - Well, thank you.
- We could call the chapter...
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1649. "Under the Umbrella."
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1650. - That's good.
- Perfect.
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1651. - Now, there's the question of the contract.
- Mm-hm.
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1652. I'm prepared to give you
5 percent of the royalties.
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1653. So I get 5 percent
of the profit.
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1654. Five percent of the net profits,
after I recoup.
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1655. Huh. Well, what about
a payment up front?
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1656. I'm the one taking the risk
in printing this book.
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1657. Yes, but it's my book.
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1658. And if it does well, we'll both make money.
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1659. If not, I can stay in business.
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1660. Oh, so I get nothing
if it fails.
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1661. No, I'll give you $500 right now
to buy out the copyright.
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1662. The copyright?
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1663. That's the right for reprinting,
that sort of thing.
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1664. Sequels, characters for other stories.
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1665. - Mm. Might that be worth something?
- Well, only if it's a success.
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1666. I see. It seems like something
I would want to own, no?
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1667. Didn't you say your family needed
the money more immediately?
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1668. Yes, they do, which is
why I wanted up-front payment.
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1669. No. It's too risky.
I'll only pay for the copyright.
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1670. You keep your $500,
and I'll keep the copyright.
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1671. Also, I want 10 percent
of royalties.
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1672. Five point five percent.
That's very generous.
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1673. - Nine percent.
- Six percent, and that's it.
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1674. Mr. Dashwood, if I'm going to sell my heroine
into marriage for money, I might as well get some of it.
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1675. Six point six percent.
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1676. Done.
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1677. And you don't need to decide
about the copyright right now.
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1678. No, I've decided.
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1679. I want to own my own book.
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1680. - Where is she?
- She's here, everyone!
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1681. Come on!
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1682. Now, see if you can make a B.
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