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"Couldn't you satisfy your grandpa in any other way?"
"No, he would have the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truthI'd have told my part of the scrape, if I could without bringing Meg inAs I couldn't, I held my tongue, and bore the scolding till the old gentleman collared meThen I bolted, for fear I should forget myself
"It wasn't nice, but he's sorry, I know, so go down and make up
"Hanged if I do! I'm not going to be lectured and pummelled by everyone, just for a bit of a frolicI was sorry about Meg, and begged pardon like a man, but I won't do it again, when I wasn't in the wrong
"He didn't know that
"He ought to trust me, and not act as if I was a babyIt's no use, Jo, he's got to learn that I'm able to take care of myself, and don't need anyone's apron string to hold on by "What pepper pots you are! " sighed Jo"How do you mean to settle this affair?"
"Well, he ought to beg pardon, and believe me when I say I can't tell him what the fuss's about
"Bless you! He won't do that
"I won't go down till he does
"Now, Teddy, be sensibleLet it pass, and I'll explain what I canYou can't stay here, so what's the use of being melodramatic?"
"I don't intend to stay here long, anywayI'll slip off and take a journey somewhere, and when Grandpa misses me he'll come round fast enough
"I dare say, but you ought not to go and worry himI'll go to Washington and see BrookeIt's gay there, and I'll enjoy myself after the troubles
"What fun you'd have! I wish I could gucci handbags discount run off too," said Jo, forgetting her part of mentor in lively visions of martial life at the capital
"Come on, then! Why not? You go and surprise your father, and I'll stir up old BrookeIt would be a glorious jokeWe'll leave a letter saying we are all right, and trot off at onceI've got money enoughIt will do you good, and no harm, as you go to your father
For a moment Jo looked as if she would agree, for wild as the plan was, it just suited herShe was tired of care and confinement, longed for change, and thoughts of her father blended temptingly with the novel charms of camps and hospitals, liberty and funHer eyes kindled as they turned wistfully toward the window, but they fell on the old house opposite, and she shook her head with sorrowful decision
"If I was a boy, we'd run away together, and have a capital time, but as I'm a miserable girl, I must be proper and stop at homeDon't tempt me, Teddy, it's a crazy plan
"That's the fun of it," began Laurie, who had got a willful fit on him and was possessed to break out of bounds in some way
"Hold your tongue!" cried Jo, covering her ears"`Prunes and prisms' are my doom, and I may as well make up my mind to itI came here to moralize, not to hear things that make me skip to think of
"I know Meg would wet-blanket such a proposal, but I thought you had more spirit," began Laurie insinuatingly
"Bad boy, be quiet! Sit down and think of your own sins, don't go making me add to mineIf I get your grandpa to apologize for the shaking, tiffany |
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