CHAPTER SEVEN AMY 'S VALLEY OF HUMILIATION `` That boy is a perfect cyclops , is n't he ? '' said Amy one day , as Laurie clattered by on horseback , with a flourish of his whip as he passed . `` How dare you say so , when he 's got both his eyes ? And very handsome ones they are , too , '' cried Jo , who resented any slighting remarks about her friend . `` I did n't say anything about his eyes , and I do n't see why you need fire up when I admire his riding . '' `` Oh , my goodness ! That little goose means a centaur , and she called him a Cyclops , '' exclaimed Jo , with a burst of laughter . `` You need n't be so rude , it 's only a ` lapse of lingy ' , as Mr. Davis says , '' retorted Amy , finishing Jo with her Latin . `` I just wish I had a little of the money Laurie spends on that horse , '' she added , as if to herself , yet hoping her sisters would hear . `` Why ? '' asked Meg kindly , for Jo had gone off in another laugh at Amy 's second blunder . `` I need it so much . I 'm dreadfully in debt , and it wo n't be my turn to have the rag money for a month . '' `` In debt , Amy ? What do you mean ? '' And Meg looked sober . `` Why , I owe at least a dozen pickled limes , and I ca n't pay them , you know , till I have money , for Marmee forbade my having anything charged at the shop . '' `` Tell me all about it . Are limes the fashion now ? It used to be pricking bits of rubber to make balls . ''
And Meg tried to keep her countenance , XXXXX looked so grave and important .
Amy Davis Jo Laurie Meg day fire month second slighting