Better

Miss March, I spoke my mind, as you spoke yours

Obviously, it was not appreciated on either side

Obviously!

My stories were a great success in Concord

(sung)

Better?

Better than what?

Better than this dazzling plot?

Better?

This story will be my 'King Lear'

Each phrase is better

Better than him

Better!

Even my smallest whim is better

How can he miss what's so clear?

How can I do better

Than what's already here?

How can what he said to me be true?

If I don't succeed, what will I do?

Turn around, go back to Concord?

Leave New York behind unconquered?

No!

How dare he make me doubt

The way I feel?

Doubt that each thrilling page

Is who I am?

Aren't these words alive with passion

Vivid as my attic where it all began?

Jo! Jo, the girls at school were horrible to me!

Charlotte Fenton said my dress is ragged and my nose is flat!

Jo, I hate being a governess

I should be meeting eligible young men

It's going to be a dismal Christmas

What with Father away and no money for presents

Meg, Amy

Jo has a surprise for us

Or was I better

Better when I was home?