`` What 's the use of asking that , when you know we shall wear our poplins , because we have n't got anything else ? '' answered Jo with her mouth full . `` If I only had a silk ! '' sighed Meg . `` Mother says I may when I 'm eighteen perhaps , but two years is an everlasting time to wait . '' `` I 'm sure our pops look like silk , and they are nice enough for us . Yours is as good as new , but I forgot the burn and the tear in mine . Whatever shall I do ? The burn shows badly , and I ca n't take any out . '' `` You must sit still all you can and keep your back out of sight . The front is all right . I shall have a new ribbon for my hair , and Marmee will lend me her little pearl pin , and my new slippers are lovely , and my gloves will do , though they are n't as nice as I 'd like . '' `` Mine are spoiled with lemonade , and I ca n't get any new ones , so I shall have to go without , '' said Jo , who never troubled herself much about dress . `` You must have gloves , or I wo n't go , '' cried Meg decidedly . `` Gloves are more important than anything else . You ca n't dance without them , and if you do n't I should be so mortified . '' `` Then I 'll stay still . I do n't care much for company dancing . It 's no fun to go sailing round . I like to fly about and cut capers . ''
`` You ca n't ask XXXXX for new ones , they are so expensive , and you are so careless .
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