Chapter 32: Tender Troubles

⁠​​​‌​​​​​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌​‌‌‌‌‌‌‌​​​​​​​​‌‌‌​​‌​​​​‌‌‌​​​‌​‌‌‌​​‌​‌‌​⁠"Jo, I'm anxious about Beth."

"Why, mother, she has seemed unusually well since the babies came."

"It's not her health that troubles me now; it's her spirits. I'm sure there is something on her mind, and I want you to discover what it is."

"What makes you think so, mother?"

"She sits alone a good deal, and doesn't talk to her father as much as she used. I found her crying over the babies the other day