作者：Louisa May Alcott
简介：小妇人是美国女作家路易莎·梅·奥尔柯特的代表作，以19世纪末期的美国家庭生活为背景，描写了马奇一家四姐妹的成长经历。
Chapter Fifteen ~Twenty-One
四姐妹不知疲倦的工作，贝丝几乎每天都去探望Hummels一家。不幸的是，贝丝染上了猩红热。
黑暗的日子来临，贝丝病得十分严重，马奇先生康健了很多，马奇太太赶了回来。
年幼的艾米被送去马奇婶婶家，她每天虔诚地替贝丝祈福，表现乖巧，还和Esther成了好朋友。她们聊起了马奇婶婶可能会送一枚戒指给艾米因为她的良好表现，由此，艾米想象了一下自己的遗嘱。
在马奇太太的照料下，贝丝开始好转。乔告诉了马奇太太自己对于梅格和布鲁克先生的担忧。马奇太太也察觉了这件事，在照料马奇先生期间，她觉得约翰(即布鲁克先生）很好。不过她还是决定先观察梅格的心思再做决定。
劳里顽皮地假装布鲁克先生写信给梅格捉弄了她们，这件事最终被戳破，劳里对自己的行为感到非常抱歉。
马奇先生终于回家了，所有人都很高兴。他因为四个女儿的进步夸奖了她们每个人。
布鲁克先生前来拜访，撞见了独自在家的梅格，两人独处有些尴尬，马奇婶婶从中助力。他们商量着，打算等梅格成年，布鲁克先生找到一份稳定的工作再谈婚论嫁。
The girls all worked tirelessly. Beth went to visit the Hummels almost every day. Unfortunately, Beth was infected with scarlet fever.
When the dark days came, Beth was very ill. Mr.March was much better, so Mrs.March rushed back.
The young Amy was sent to Aunt March's house. She prayed for Beth every day and behaved well. She became dear friends with Esther. They talked about Aunt March's intention to give Amy a ring for her good bahavior, then Amy imagined her will.
Under the care of Mrs.March, Beth began to get better. Jo told Mrs.March about her worries about Meg and Mr.Brooke. Mrs.March was also aware of this. While taking care of Mr.March, she thought John was a very nice man. However, she still decided to observe Meg's feeling before making any decision.
Laurie mischievously pretended to be Mr.Brooke and wrote to Meg, teased them. The matter was finally exposed, and Laurie was very sorry for his behavior.
Mr.March finally went back home, everyone was very happy. He praised each of his four daughters of their progress.
Mr.Brooke came to visit and bumped into Meg, who was alone at home. The two were a little embarrassed to be alone, and Aunt March helped. They discussed marriage when Meg was an adult and Mr.Brooke had a stable job.
