“Well, I have a bad trick of standing before the fire, and so I burn my frocks, and I scored this one; and, though it’s nicely mended, it shows, and Meg told me to keep still, so no one would see it. You may laugh, if you want to; it is funny, I know.”
But Laurie didn’t laugh; he only looked down a minute, and the expression of his face puzzled Jo, when he said very gently, – “Never mind that; I’ll tell you how we can manage: there’s a long hall out there, and we can dance grandly, and no one will see us. Please come?”
Jo thanked him, and gladly went, wishing she had two neat gloves, when she saw the nice, pearl-colored one her partner wore. The hall was empty, and they had a grand polka; for Laurie danced well, and taught her the German step, which delighted Jo, being full of swing and spring.
Jo and Laurie’s private dance has always been one of my favorite moments from the book and a favorite scene in every film adaptation (and the 2019 version is no exception).
