CHAPTER EIGHT JO MEETS APOLLYON `` Girls , where are you going ? '' asked Amy , coming into their room one Saturday afternoon , and finding them getting ready to go out with an air of secrecy which excited her curiosity . `` Never mind . Little girls should n't ask questions , '' returned Jo sharply . Now if there is anything mortifying to our feelings when we are young , it is to be told that , and to be bidden to `` run away , dear '' is still more trying to us . Amy bridled up at this insult , and determined to find out the secret , if she teased for an hour . Turning to Meg , who never refused her anything very long , she said coaxingly , `` Do tell me ! I should think you might let me go , too , for Beth is fussing over her piano , and I have n't got anything to do , and am so lonely . '' `` I ca n't , dear , because you are n't invited , '' began Meg , but Jo broke in impatiently , `` Now , Meg , be quiet or you will spoil it all . You ca n't go , Amy , so do n't be a baby and whine about it . '' `` You are going somewhere with Laurie , I know you are . You were whispering and laughing together on the sofa last night , and you stopped when I came in . Are n't you going with him ? '' `` Yes , we are . Now do be still , and stop bothering . '' Amy held her tongue , but used her eyes , and saw Meg slip a fan into her pocket . `` I know ! I know ! You 're going to the theater to see the Seven Castles ! '' she cried , adding resolutely , `` and I shall go , for Mother said I might see it , and I 've got my rag money , and it was mean not to tell me in time . ''
`` Just listen to me a minute , and be a good child , '' said XXXXX soothingly .
APOLLYON Amy Beth Jo Laurie Meg Mother afternoon hour night