1 And Jo shook the blue army sock till the needles rattled like castanets, and her ball bounded across the room.
2 Beth ate no more, but crept away to sit in her shadowy corner and brood over the delight to come, till the others were ready.
3 The bag is opened, and several quarts of tin money shower down upon the stage till it is quite glorified with the glitter.
4 No one came to talk to her, and one by one the group dwindled away till she was left alone.
5 She could not roam about and amuse herself, for the burned breadth would show, so she stared at people rather forlornly till the dancing began.
6 The boy sat down again and looked at his pumps, till Jo said, trying to be polite and easy, "I think I've had the pleasure of seeing you before."
7 Both peeped and criticized and chatted till they felt like old acquaintances.
8 Hannah scolded, Meg cried, and Jo was at her wits' end, till she decided to take things into her own hands.
9 Not one whole or handsome one among them, all were outcasts till Beth took them in, for when her sisters outgrew these idols, they passed to her because Amy would have nothing old or ugly.
10 I was reading that everlasting Belsham, and droning away as I always do, for Aunt soon drops off, and then I take out some nice book, and read like fury till she wakes up.
11 It was not a wise thing to do, but I kept on worrying till an old man came in with an order for some clothes.
12 Poor Jo blushed till she couldn't blush any redder, and her heart began to beat uncomfortably fast as she thought what she had said.
13 She wished Beth could hear him, but she did not say so, only praised him till he was quite abashed, and his grandfather came to his rescue.
14 No persuasions or enticements could overcome her fear, till, the fact coming to Mr. Laurence's ear in some mysterious way, he set about mending matters.
15 She stayed till Hannah came to take her home to dinner, but she had no appetite, and could only sit and smile upon everyone in a general state of beatitude.