Chapter 13 Laurie makes trouble and Jo makes peace
第13章 羅瑞惹麻煩瓊平息事端
Laurie quickly realized that Jo was keeping a secret which she refused to tell him,but he guessed the secret was about Meg and Mr Brooke, and was annoyed that his tutor had said nothing.
羅瑞很快意識到,瓊有秘密在瞞著他,她拒絕向他透露,可他猜想那秘密是關于麥格和布魯克先生的。他也因老師什么都不說而感到有些生氣。
He began to make some private plans of his own.
他開始制定他自己的計劃。
Meg,meanwhile,was busy getting things ready for her father's return, but a change suddenly seemed to come over her.
與此同時,麥格忙著為父親的歸來做準備,可是她似乎突然有了某種變化。
For a day or two,she jumped when she was spoken to,and there was a worried look on her face.
有一兩天,一有人跟她說話她就跳起來,臉上帶著焦慮的神色。
Then a letter arrived for her, and a few minutes later Mrs March and Jo saw Meg staring at it with a frightened face.'My child,what is it?'said Mrs March.
然后有封給她的信,幾分鐘以后馬奇太太和瓊看見麥格眼盯著那封信,面露懼色。我的孩子,那是什么?馬奇太太問。
'It's a mistake-he didn't send it.Jo, how could you do it?'Meg hid her face in her hands and cried.
是個誤會——他沒發那封信。瓊,你怎么能那樣做?麥格用手捂住臉哭了。
'Me?I've done nothing,'said Jo.'What's she talking about?'
我?我什么也沒做呀,瓊說,她在說什么?
Meg pulled another letter from her pocket and threw it at Jo.'You wrote it, and that bad boy helped you. How could you be so cruel and mean to us both?'
麥格從她口袋里抽出另一封信扔給瓊。是你寫的,那個壞男孩幫了你。你們怎么能這么無情,對我們倆這么壞?
Jo and her mother read the letter which had been in Meg's pocket.
瓊和母親讀了那封裝在麥格口袋里的信。

關于《小婦人》
這部小說以家庭生活為描寫對象,以家庭成員的感情糾葛為線索,描寫了馬奇一家的天倫之愛。