Don't try to make me grow up before my time, Meg.

It's hard enough to have you change all of a sudden.

Let me be a little girl as long as I can." As she spoke, Jo bent over the leaves to hide the trembling of her lips, for lately she had felt that Margaret was fast getting to be a woman, and Laurie's secret made her dread the separation which must surely come some time and now seemed very near.

He saw the trouble in her face and drew Meg's attention from it by asking quickly, "Where have you been calling, all so fine ?" "At the Gardiners', and Sallie has been telling me all about Belle Moffat's wedding.

It was very splendid, and they have gone to spend the winter in Paris.