March could reply, MrLaurence went on with an odd little nod and smile
"They needn't see or speak to anyone, but run in at any timeFor I'm shut up in my study at the other end of the house, Laurie is out a great deal, and the servants are never near the drawing room after nine o'clock
Here he rose, as if going, and Beth made up her mind to speak, for that last arrangement left nothing to be desired"Please, tell the young ladies what I say, and if they don't care to come, why, never mind Here a little hand slipped into his, and Beth looked up at him with a face full of gratitude, as she said, in her earnest yet timid way
"Oh sir, they do care, very very much!" "Are you the musical girl?" he asked, without any startling "Hey!" as he looked down at her very kindlyI love it dearly, and I'll come, if you are quite sure nobody will hear me, and be disturbed," she added, fearing to be rude, and trembling at her own boldness as she spoke
"Not a soul, my dearThe house is empty half the day, so come and drum away as much as you like, and I shall be obliged toyou
"How kind you are, sir!"
Beth blushed like a rose under the friendly look http://www.culuxury.com" target="_blank he wore, but she was not frightened now, and gave the hand a grateful squeeze because she had no words to thank him for the precious gift he had given herThe old gentleman softly stroked the hair off her forehead, and, stooping down, he kissed herr, saying, in a tone few people ever heard
"I had a little girl once, with eyes like theseGod bless you, my dear! Good day And away he went, in a great hurry
Beth had a rapture with her mother, and then rushed up to impart the glorious news to her family of invalids, as the girls were not homeHow blithely she sang that evening, and how they all laughed at her because she woke Amy in the night by playing the piano on her face in her sleepNext day, having seen both the old and young gentleman out of the house, Beth, after two or three retreats, fairly got in at the side door, and made her way as noiselessly as any mouse to the drawing room where her idol stoodQuite by accident, of course, some pretty, easy music lay on the piano, and with trembling fingers and frequent stops to listen and look about, Beth at last touched the great instrument, and straightway forgot her fear, herself, and http://www.muluxury.com/scategory_2_Chanel.html" target="_blank everything else but the unspeakable delight which the music gave her, for it was like the voice of a beloved friend
She stayed till Hannah came to take her home to dinner, but she had no appetite, and could only sit and smile upon everyone in a general state of beatitude
After that, the little brown hood slipped through the hedge nearly every day, and the great drawing room was haunted by a tuneful spirit that came and went unseenShe never knew that MrLaurence opened his study door to hear the old-fashioned airs he likedShe never saw Laurie mount guard in the hall to warn the servants awayShe never suspected that the exercise books and new songs which she found in the rack were put there for her especial benefit, and when he talked to her about music at home, she only thought how kind he was to tell things that helped her so muchSo she enjoyed herself heartily, and found, what isn't always the case, that her granted wish was all she had hopedPerhaps it was because she was so grateful for this blessing that a greater was given herAt any rate she deserved both"Mother, I'm going to work MrLaurence a pair of slippersHe is so kind to me, http://www.naluxury.com/scategory_11_Prada.html" target="_blank I must thank him, and I don't know any other wayCan I do it?" asked Beth, a few weeks after that eventful call of hisIt will please him very much, and be a nice way of thanking himThe girls will help you about them, and I will pay for the making up," replied MrsMarch, who took peculiar pleasure in granting Beth's requests because she so seldom asked anything for herself
After many serious discussions with Meg and Jo, the pattern was chosen, the materials bought, and the slippers begunA cluster ofgrave yet cheerful pansies on a deeper purple ground was pronounced very appropriate and pretty, and beth worked away early and late, with occasional lifts over hard partsShe was a nimble little needlewoman, and they were finished before anyone got tired of themThen she wrote a short, simple note, and with Laurie's help, got them smuggled onto the study table one morning before the old gentleman was up
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"Here's a letter from the old gentleman! Come quick, and read it!"
"Oh, Beth, he's sent you began Amy, gesticulating with unseemly energy, but she got no further, for Jo quenched her by slamming down the window
Beth hurried on in a flutter of suspenseAt the door her sisters seized and bore her to the parlor in a triumphal procession, all pointing and all saying at once, "Look there! Look there!" Beth did look, and turned pale with delight and surprise, for there stood a little cabinet piano, with a letter lying on the glossy lid, directed like a sign board to "Miss Elizabeth March
"For me?" gasped Beth, holding onto Jo and feeling as if she should tumble down, it was such an overwhelming thing altogether
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