Aunt March usually gave the sisters a present of twenty−five dollars apiece at New Year's. That was only a month to wait, and here was a lovely violet silk going at a bargain, and she had the money, if she only dared to take it. John always said what was his was hers, but would he think it right to spend not only the prospective five−and−twenty, but another five−and−twenty out of the household fund?
Good Wives
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Louisa May Alcott
