SHE 'S got a rod in pickle for me all right . I do n't think about it so much in daytime but say , girls , up there in that garret at night I git to thinking and thinking of it , till I just almost wish she 'd come and have it over with . I dunno 's one real good whipping would be much worse 'n all the dozen I 've lived through in my mind ever since I run away . Were any of you ever licked ? '' `` No , of course not , '' said Faith indignantly . `` Father would never do such a thing . '' `` You do n't know you 're alive , '' said Mary with a sigh half of envy , half of superiority . `` You do n't know what I 've come through . And I s ` pose the Blythes were never licked either ? '' `` No-o-o , I guess not . But I THINK they were sometimes spanked when they were small . '' `` A spanking does n't amount to anything , '' said Mary contemptuously . `` If my folks had just spanked me I 'd have thought they were petting me . Well , it ai n't a fair world . I would n't mind taking my share of wallopings but I 've had a darn sight too many . '' `` It is n't right to say that word , Mary , '' said Una reproachfully . `` You promised me you would n't say it . '' `` G'way , '' responded Mary . `` If you knew some of the words I COULD say if I liked you would n't make such a fuss over darn . And you know very well I hai n't ever told any lies since I come here . ''
`` What XXXXX all those ghosts you said you saw ? ''
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