Little Women / Маленькие женщины

“It’s so dreadful to be poor!” sighed Meg, looking down at her old dress.

But even that refuge proved unavailing, for he was delivered over to the enemy, with a “Be gentle with him, John,” which struck the culprit with dismay, for when Mamma deserted him, then the judgment day was at hand. Bereft of his cake, defrauded of his frolic, and borne away by a strong