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.

乔看书看得眼睛吃消，对书也厌恶了，脾气变得焦躁安，连性情一向很好的劳里也跟她吵了一架。这时她精神消沉，反得自己当初跟马奇叔婆一起去了。