`` No . '' `` Say , ` No , ma'am , ' '' whispered Nat . `` Sha n't neither , '' muttered Dan . `` How old are you ? '' `` About fourteen . '' `` You look older . What can you do ? '' '' ` Most anything . '' `` If you stay here we shall want you to do as the others do , work and study as well as play . Are you willing to agree to that ? '' `` Do n't mind trying . '' `` Well , you can stay a few days , and we will see how we get on together . Take him out , Nat , and amuse him till Mr. Bhaer comes home , when we will settle about the matter , '' said Mrs. Jo , finding it rather difficult to get on with this cool young person , who fixed his big black eyes on her with a hard , suspicious expression , sorrowfully unboyish . `` Come on , Nat , '' he said , and slouched out again . `` Thank you , ma'am , '' added Nat , as he followed him , feeling without quite understanding the difference in the welcome given to him and to his ungracious friend . `` The fellows are having a circus out in the barn ; do n't you want to come and see it ? '' he asked , as they came down the wide steps on to the lawn . `` Are they big fellows ? '' said Dan . `` No ; the big ones are gone fishing . ''
`` Fire away , then , '' said XXXXX .
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