Then she opened her new book and began to read.Jo put her arm round her and, leaning cheek to cheek,read also, with the quiet expression so seldom seen on her restless face.
"How good Meg is! Come, Amy, let's do as they do.I'll help you with the hard words, and they'll explain things if we don't understand," whispered Beth, very much impressed by the pretty books and her sisters'example.
"I'm glad mine is blue," said Amy. and then the rooms were very still while the pages were softly turned, and the winter sunshine crept in to touch the bright heads and serious faces with a Christmas greeting.