[Rose in Bloom by Louisa May Alcott]@TWC D-Link bookRose in Bloom CHAPTER 11 SMALL TEMPTATIONS 3/14
Wasn't that good of him? For you know he hates his things to be mussed." "He's a true Campbell, and has got a good warm heart of his own under those fine fronts of his.
Aunt Jane doesn't believe in sentiment, so he has been trained never to show any, but it is there, and you must encourage him to let it out, not foolishly, but in a way to make him more manly and serious." "I will if I can, for though I wouldn't own this to everybody, I like it in him very much and feel as if Steve and I should get on beautifully. Here we are now, be sure not to breathe a word if we meet anyone.
I want it to be a profound secret for a week at least," added Kitty, whisking her handkerchief out of sight as the carriage stopped before the fashionable store they were about to visit. Rose promised with a smile, for Kitty's face betrayed her without words, so full was it of the happiness which few eyes fail to understand whenever they see it. "Just a glance at the silks.
You ask my opinion about white ones, and I'll look at the colors.
Mama says satin, but that is out now, and I've set my heart on the heaviest corded thing I can find," whispered Kitty as they went rustling by the long counters strewn with all that could delight the feminine eye and tempt the feminine pocket. "Isn't that opal the loveliest thing you ever saw? I'm afraid I'm too dark to wear it, but it would just suit you.
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