小妇人（82）

“Then she gave me a long lecture on my sins, and told me to sit and think them over while she just 'lost' herself for a moment. She never finds herself very soon, so the minute her cap began to bob like a top-heavyº dahliaº, I whipped the Vicar of Wakefield out of my pocket, and read away, with one eye on him and one on Aunt. I'd just got to where they all tumbled into the water when I forgot and laughed out loud. Aunt woke up and, being more good-natured after her nap, told me to read a bit and show what frivolous work Ipreferred to the worthy and instructive Belsham. I did my very best,and she liked it, though she only said...
“ I don't understand what it's all about. Go back and begin it,child. ”