At the Kings ' today I found everybody in a flurry , and one of the children said that her oldest brother had done something dreadful , and Papa had sent him away . I heard Mrs. King crying and Mr. King talking very loud , and Grace and Ellen turned away their faces when they passed me , so I should n't see how red and swollen their eyes were . I did n't ask any questions , of course , but I felt so sorry for them and was rather glad I had n't any wild brothers to do wicked things and disgrace the family . '' `` I think being disgraced in school is a great deal try_inger than anything bad boys can do , '' said Amy , shaking her head , as if her experience of life had been a deep one . `` Susie Perkins came to school today with a lovely red carnelian ring . I wanted it dreadfully , and wished I was her with all my might . Well , she drew a picture of Mr. Davis , with a monstrous nose and a hump , and the words , ` Young ladies , my eye is upon you ! ' coming out of his mouth in a balloon thing . We were laughing over it when all of a sudden his eye was on us , and he ordered Susie to bring up her slate . She was parry_lized with fright , but she went , and oh , what do you think he did ? He took her by the ear -- the ear ! Just fancy how horrid ! -- and led her to the recitation platform , and made her stand there half an hour , holding the slate so everyone could see . '' `` Did n't the girls laugh at the picture ? '' asked Jo , who relished the scrape . `` Laugh ? Not one ! They sat still as mice , and Susie cried quarts , I know she did . I did n't envy her then , for I felt that millions of carnelian rings would n't have made me happy after that . I never , never should have got over such a agonizing mortification . ''
And XXXXX went on with her work , in the proud consciousness of virtue and the successful utterance of two long words in a breath .
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