If you 're not , I 'd like to walk with you and tell you something very interesting . '' `` I wo n't preach any more , and I 'd like to hear the news immensely . '' `` Very well , then , come on . It 's a secret , and if I tell you , you must tell me yours . '' `` I have n't got any , '' began Jo , but stopped suddenly , remembering that she had . `` You know you have -- you ca n't hide anything , so up and ` fess , or I wo n't tell , '' cried Laurie . `` Is your secret a nice one ? '' `` Oh , is n't it ! All about people you know , and such fun ! You ought to hear it , and I 've been aching to tell it this long time . Come , you begin . '' `` You 'll not say anything about it at home , will you ? '' `` Not a word . '' `` And you wo n't tease me in private ? '' `` I never tease . '' `` Yes , you do . You get everything you want out of people . I do n't know how you do it , but you are a born wheedler . '' `` Thank you . Fire away . ''
`` Well , I 've left two stories with a newspaperman , and he 's to give his answer next week , '' whispered XXXXX , in her confidant 's ear .
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