I brought Authors, and I dare say Miss Kate knows something new and nice.

Go and ask her.

She's company, and you ought to stay with her more." "Aren't you company too?
I thought she'd suit Brooke, but he keeps talking to Meg, and Kate just stares at them through that ridiculous glass of hers.

I'm going, so you needn't try to preach propriety, for you can't do it, Jo." Miss Kate did know several new games, and as the girls would not, and the boys could not, eat any more, they all adjourned to the drawing room to play Rig-marole.
"One person begins a story, any nonsense you like, and tells as long as he pleases, only taking care to stop short at some exciting point, when the next takes it up and does the same.

It's very funny when well done, and makes a perfect jumble of tragical comical stuff to laugh over.