`` Abroad ! '' cried Jo . `` Oh , tell me about it ! I love dearly to hear people describe their travels . '' Laurie did n't seem to know where to begin , but Jo 's eager questions soon set him going , and he told her how he had been at school in Vevay , where the boys never wore hats and had a fleet of boats on the lake , and for holiday fun went on walking trips about Switzerland with their teachers . `` Do n't I wish I 'd been there ! '' cried Jo . `` Did you go to Paris ? '' `` We spent last winter there . '' `` Can you talk French ? '' `` We were not allowed to speak anything else at Vevay . '' `` Do say some ! I can read it , but ca n't pronounce . '' `` Quel nom a cette jeune demoiselle en les pantoufles jolis ? '' `` How nicely you do it ! Let me see ... you said , ` Who is the young lady in the pretty slippers ' , did n't you ? '' `` Oui , mademoiselle . '' `` It 's my sister Margaret , and you knew it was ! Do you think she is pretty ? '' `` Yes , she makes me think of the German girls , she looks so fresh and quiet , and dances like a lady . ''
XXXXX quite glowed with pleasure at this boyish praise of her sister , and stored it up to repeat to Meg .
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