`` Pooh ! You 're a girl , and it 's fun , but I 'll allow no man to shake me ! '' `` I do n't think anyone would care to try it , if you looked as much like a thundercloud as you do now . Why were you treated so ? '' `` Just because I would n't say what your mother wanted me for . I 'd promised not to tell , and of course I was n't going to break my word . '' `` Could n't you satisfy your grandpa in any other way ? '' `` No , he would have the truth , the whole truth , and nothing but the truth . I 'd have told my part of the scrape , if I could without bringing Meg in . As I could n't , I held my tongue , and bore the scolding till the old gentleman collared me . Then I bolted , for fear I should forget myself . '' `` It was n't nice , but he 's sorry , I know , so go down and make up . I 'll help you . '' `` Hanged if I do ! I 'm not going to be lectured and pummelled by everyone , just for a bit of a frolic . I was sorry about Meg , and begged pardon like a man , but I wo n't do it again , when I was n't in the wrong . '' `` He did n't know that . '' `` He ought to trust me , and not act as if I was a baby . It 's no use , Jo , he 's got to learn that I 'm able to take care of myself , and do n't need anyone 's apron string to hold on by . '' `` What pepper pots you are ! ''
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