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Good evening and welcome to the Sleepy Book Show, where we put down our worries from the day and pick up a good book.

I'm Elizabeth, your host, and it's lovely to have you here with me.

Tonight will be returning to little women, but before that, let's take some time as usual to unwind and relax.

Have a big stretch and feel the tension released from your muscles.

I invite you to join me in some circular breathing.

We're going to inhale through our nose for a count of four, and then out through our mouths for eight.

So, breathe in through your nose for one, two, three, four, and now out through your mouth for one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight.

If you like, keep breathing like this while I recap on our last episode.

Previously, we heard all about Joe's move to New York, entirely via her letters home.

Marmy's friend, Mrs. Carr, made her feel quite at home in her little attic room at her guest house,

and Joe began immediately to get to know her two daughters, to whom she would be governing.

While describing the house and its occupants, Joe specifically mentioned a German professor by the name of Beer,

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