'If anyone had told me what wonderful changes were to take place herein ten years, I wouldn't have believed it,' said Mrs Jo to Mrs Meg,as they sat on the piazza at Plumfie...

     'If anyone had told me what wonderful changes were to take place herein ten years, I wouldn't have believed it,' said Mrs Jo to Mrs Meg,as they sat on the piazza at Plumfield one summer day, looking aboutthem with faces full of pride and pleasure.