`` What pepper pots you are ! '' sighed Jo . `` How do you mean to settle this affair ? '' `` Well , he ought to beg pardon , and believe me when I say I ca n't tell him what the fuss 's about . '' `` Bless you ! He wo n't do that . '' `` I wo n't go down till he does . '' `` Now , Teddy , be sensible . Let it pass , and I 'll explain what I can . You ca n't stay here , so what 's the use of being melodramatic ? '' `` I do n't intend to stay here long , anyway . I 'll slip off and take a journey somewhere , and when Grandpa misses me he 'll come round fast enough . '' `` I dare say , but you ought not to go and worry him . '' `` Do n't preach . I 'll go to Washington and see Brooke . It 's gay there , and I 'll enjoy myself after the troubles . '' `` What fun you 'd have ! I wish I could run off too , '' said Jo , forgetting her part of mentor in lively visions of martial life at the capital . `` Come on , then ! Why not ?
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