`` Yes , sir , '' was the slow answer . `` Why ? '' `` Wanted money . '' `` For what ? '' `` To pay somebody . '' `` To whom did you owe it ? '' `` Tommy . '' `` Never borrowed a cent of me in his life , '' cried Tommy , looked scared , for he guessed what was coming now , and felt that on the whole he would have preferred witchcraft , for he admired Dan immensely . `` Perhaps he took it , '' cried Ned , who owed Dan a grudge for the ducking , and , being a mortal boy , liked to pay it off . `` O Dan ! '' cried Nat , clasping his hands , regardless of the bread and butter in them . `` It is a hard thing to do , but I must have this settled , for I can not have you watching each other like detectives , and the whole school disturbed in this way , did you put that dollar in the barn this morning ? '' asked Mr. Bhaer . Dan looked him straight in the face , and answered steadily , `` Yes , I did . '' A murmur went round the table , Tommy dropped his mug with a crash ; Daisy cried out , `` I knew it was n't Nat ; '' Nan began to cry , and Mrs. Jo left the room , looking so disappointed , sorry , and ashamed that Dan could not bear it . He hid his face in his hands a moment , then threw up his head , squared his shoulders as if settling some load upon them , and said , with the dogged look , and half-resolute , half-reckless tone he had used when he first came , `` I did it ; now you may do what you like to me , but I wo n't say another word about it . '' `` Not even that you are sorry ? '' asked Mr. Bhaer , troubled by the change in him . `` I ai n't sorry . '' `` I 'll forgive him without asking , '' said Tommy , feeling that it was harder somehow to see brave Dan disgraced than timid Nat .
`` Do n't want to be forgiven , '' returned XXXXX , gruffly .
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