Jo read till her eyes gave out and she was sick of books, got so fidgety that even good–natured Laurie had a quarrel with her, and so reduced in spirits that she desperately wished she had gone with Aunt March.

乔看书看吃消，对书也厌恶，脾气变焦躁安，连性情向很好的劳里也跟她吵。这时她精神消沉，反而巴自己当初跟马奇叔婆起去。