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Chapter 23

Aunt March settles the question.

Like bees swarming after their queen, mother and daughters hovered about Mr. March the next day

neglecting everything to look at, wait upon, and listen to the new invalid,

who is in a fair way to be killed by kindness.

As he sat propped up in a big chair by best sofa,

with the other three close by and Hannah popping in her head now and then to peak at the dear man,

nothing seemed needed to complete their happiness.

But something was needed, and the elder ones felt it, though none confessed the fact.

Mr. and Mrs. March looked at one another with an anxious expression,

as their eyes followed Meg.

Joe had sudden fits of sobriety and was seen to shake her fist at Mr. Brooks' umbrella,

which had been left in the hall.

Meg was absent-minded, shy and silent,

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