28because she thought, "If I just touch his clothes, I will be healed."

We also need to claim back the word "generous" : which too often gets used in the sense of over-large portions of food, hotel towels, the size of sheets, or women spilling out of their dresses.

"What's the use of asking that, when you know we shall wear our poplins, because we haven't got anything else?" answered Jo with her mouth full.