At that minute Jo was particularly absorbed in dressmaking, for she was mantua–maker general to the family, and took especial credit to herself because she could use a needle as well as a pen.
She made a wry pucker with her mouth, as though to advertise her ignorance of dressmaking. That she was frightened and bewildered, and that she was bravely striving to hide it, was quite plain to me.
At that minute Jo was particularly absorbed in dressmaking, for she was mantua-maker general to the family, and took especial credit to herself because she could use a needle as well as a pen.