had a capital time. Did you?" asked Jo, rumpling up her
hair, and making herself comfortable.

"Yes, till I hurt myself. Sallie's friend, Annie Moffat, took
a fancy to me, and asked me to come and spend a week with her when
Sallie does. She is going in the spring when the opera comes, and
it will be perfectly splendid, if Mother only lets me go," answered
Meg, cheering up at the thought.

"I saw you dancing with the red headed man I ran away from. Was
he nice?"

"Oh, very! His hair is auburn, not red, and he was very polite,
and I had a delicious redowa with him."

"He looked like a grasshopper in a fit when he did the new step.
Laurie and I couldn't help laughing. Did you hear us?"

"No, but it was very rude. What were you about all that time,
hidden away there?"