asked Mrs. March , as she and her daughter went through the new kingdom arm in arm , for just then they seemed to cling together more tenderly than ever . `` Yes , Mother , perfectly satisfied , thanks to you all , and so happy that I ca n't talk about it , '' with a look that was far better than words . `` If she only had a servant or two it would be all right , '' said Amy , coming out of the parlor , where she had been trying to decide whether the bronze Mercury looked best on the whatnot or the mantlepiece . `` Mother and I have talked that over , and I have made up my mind to try her way first . There will be so little to do that with Lotty to run my errands and help me here and there , I shall only have enough work to keep me from getting lazy or homesick , '' answered Meg tranquilly . `` Sallie Moffat has four , '' began Amy . `` If Meg had four , the house would n't hold them , and master and missis would have to camp in the garden , '' broke in Jo , who , enveloped in a big blue pinafore , was giving the last polish to the door handles . `` Sallie is n't a poor man 's wife , and many maids are in keeping with her fine establishment . Meg and John begin humbly , but I have a feeling that there will be quite as much happiness in the little house as in the big one . It 's a great mistake for young girls like Meg to leave themselves nothing to do but dress , give orders , and gossip . When I was first married , I used to long for my new clothes to wear out or get torn , so that I might have the pleasure of mending them , for I got heartily sick of doing fancywork and tending my pocket handkerchief . '' `` Why did n't you go into the kitchen and make messes , as Sallie says she does to amuse herself , though they never turn out well and the servants laugh at her , '' said Meg . `` I did after a while , not to ` mess ' but to learn of Hannah how things should be done , that my servants need not laugh at me . It was play then , but there came a time when I was truly grateful that I not only possessed the will but the power to cook wholesome food for my little girls , and help myself when I could no longer afford to hire help . You begin at the other end , Meg , dear , but the lessons you learn now will be of use to you by-and-by when John is a richer man , for the mistress of a house , however splendid , should know how work ought to be done , if she wishes to be well and honestly served . '' `` Yes , Mother , I 'm sure of that , '' said Meg , listening respectfully to the little lecture , for the best of women will hold forth upon the all absorbing subject of house keeping . `` Do you know I like this room most of all in my baby house , '' added Meg , a minute after , as they went upstairs and she looked into her well-stored linen closet . Beth was there , laying the snowy piles smoothly on the shelves and exulting over the goodly array . All three laughed as Meg spoke , for that linen closet was a joke . You see , having said that if Meg married ` that Brooke ' she should n't have a cent of her money , Aunt March was rather in a quandary when time had appeased her wrath and made her repent her vow .
She never XXXXX her word , and was much exercised in her mind how to get round it , and at last devised a plan whereby she could satisfy herself .
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