`` You 're the oddest fellow I ever saw . How many did you have out ? '' Jo looked at her friend as if she did not understand him , then began to laugh as if mightily amused at something . `` There are two which I want to have come out , but I must wait a week . '' `` What are you laughing at ? You are up to some mischief , Jo , '' said Laurie , looking mystified . `` So are you . What were you doing , sir , up in that billiard saloon ? '' `` Begging your pardon , ma'am , it was n't a billiard saloon , but a gymnasium , and I was taking a lesson in fencing . '' `` I 'm glad of that . '' `` Why ? '' `` You can teach me , and then when we play Hamlet , you can be Laertes , and we 'll make a fine thing of the fencing scene . '' Laurie burst out with a hearty boy 's laugh , which made several passers-by smile in spite of themselves . `` I 'll teach you whether we play Hamlet or not . It 's grand fun and will straighten you up capitally . But I do n't believe that was your only reason for saying ` I 'm glad ' in that decided way , was it now ? '' `` No , I was glad that you were not in the saloon , because I hope you never go to such places . Do you ? '' `` Not often . '' `` I wish you would n't . ''
`` It 's no harm , XXXXX .
Hamlet Jo Laertes Laurie boy burst fellow gymnasium places week