Premise: Beth nestled up to her , and whispered softly , `` I wish I could send my bunch to Father .<br>I 'm afraid he is n't having such a merry Christmas as we are . ''<br>CHAPTER THREE THE LAURENCE BOY `` Jo !<br>Jo !<br>Where are you ? ''<br>cried Meg at the foot of the garret stairs .<br>`` Here ! ''<br>answered a husky voice from above , and , running up , Meg found her sister eating apples and crying over the Heir of Redclyffe , wrapped up in a comforter on an old three-legged sofa by the sunny window .
Hypothesis: Beth was very afraid that her own father was not having a merry Christmas