Mrs Jo 's laugh was echoed blithely by the girls , who liked to have these conversations enlivened by illustrations from life . ` You are a very lucky woman , ' began the discontented damsel , whose soul soared above new hats , welcome as they were , but did not quite know where to steer . ` Yet her name used to be `` Luckless Jo '' , and she never had what she wanted till she had given up hoping for it , ' said Mrs Meg . ` I 'll give up hoping , then , right away , and see if my wishes will come . I only want to help my folks , and get a good school . ' ` Take this proverb for your guide : `` Get the distaff ready , and the Lord will send the flax '' , ' answered Mrs Jo . ` We 'd better all do that , if we are to be spinsters , ' said the pretty one , adding gaily , ' I think I should like it , on the whole -- they are so independent . My Aunt Jenny can do just what she likes , and ask no one 's leave ; but Ma has to consult Pa about everything . Yes , I 'll give you my chance , Sally , and be a `` superfluum '' , as Mr Plock says . ' ` You 'll be one of the first to go into bondage , see if you are n't . Much obliged , all the same . ' ` Well , I 'll get my distaff ready , and take whatever flax the Fates send -- single , or double-twisted , as the powers please . ' ` That is the right spirit , Nelly . Keep it up , and see how happy life will be with a brave heart , a willing hand , and plenty to do . ' ` No one objects to plenty of domestic work or fashionable pleasure , I find ; but the minute we begin to study , people tell us we ca n't bear it , and warn us to be very careful . I 've tried the other things , and got so tired I came to college ; though my people predict nervous exhaustion and an early death . Do you think there is any danger ? ' asked a stately girl , with an anxious glance at the blooming face reflected in the mirror opposite . ` Are you stronger or weaker than when you came two years ago , Miss Winthrop ? ' ` Stronger in body , and much happier in mind .
I XXXXX I was dying of ennui ; but the doctors called it inherited delicacy of constitution .
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