Shawl-Straps - Paperback

by Louisa May Alcott (Author)

'On the first day of February we three will sail from Boston for Messina, in the little fruit-ship "Wasp." We shall probably be a month going, unless we cross in a gale as I did, splitting sails every night, and standing on our heads most of the way, ' said Amanda, folding up her maps with an air of calm decision. 'Hurrah what fun ' cried Matilda, waving a half-finished dressing-case over her head